I stumbled across this page today and wanted to share it with you guys.
It’s a simple list of 30 ways to rejuvenate your creativity. It’s not specifically geared toward musical creativity, but I think all of the tips in here could easily apply to musicians just as well as they could to any other form of artists.
Here’s a small sample of what’s in the article…
13. Shut out the world. Instead of sucking in new information, sit quietly, go to sleep, or meditate. Stop thinking and clear your mind so that the clutter doesn’t get in the way of your thoughts.
14. Carry a camera with you and look for interesting things in your every day scenery. Hadn’t noticed that crack in the path before? Then it’ll do. Set a quota and force yourself to make it. Don’t go to new places to do this – force yourself to find new perspectives on old knowledge.
15. Creativity is a muscle. Exercise it daily – if you only need to create once a week, your muscles may have atrophied if you don’t do it just because you don’t have to.
16. Carry a notebook everywhere. Or a PDA.
17. Write down a list of ideas and draw random arrows between them. For instance, if you’re a blogger, write down everything in your Categories list and draw lines to connect unusual ideas. If you had the categories “Relationships” and “Management” and randomly connected them you’d have an interesting article idea to work with.
I would recommend reading the rest of the article and seeing what works for you. Check it out by clicking HERE
