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What do you do when you feel creatively blocked or stuck?

82 answers answered between 1932 and 2026 one of 4 from The Creative Independent

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The Creative Independent, to working artists, its interview series

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Nuno Costa Santos Portuguese footballer
I talk to someone. Dialogue helps relax the mind and new ideas are planted as people talk to me. Sometimes one phone call is enough, other times meeting a friend at a café or a bar will do the trick. To take the focus out of ourselves for a while helps us find new creative ways. We shouldn’t be prisoners to the traps our brain creates. To read or to go out for a walk can also be rather helpful.
Recorded T. Cole Rachel, The Creative Independent interview source ↗
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball player and author
I don’t think that is tough, because if you have an idea of something meaningful to communicate, you can move forward on that. You might not be successful in communicating what you want to communicate, but at least you have an idea of something that needs to be said, or something that you think should be said, and I think you go from there.
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