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Monday, September 10, 2012
Motivation
It is a new morning but a different kind of feel. This is Baltimore so I hear cars and trucks instead of birds and crickets; Sirens and horns instead of good mornings and thank you. So to go along with this morning is assignment one. I must create my first blog page and also my first post. So this first blog is about motivation. How do you motivate yourself to be creative? Do you set the mood by listening to music? Do you set the mood by having a good breakfast? Please give me some examples of how you set the mood—as for me I get a shot of energy from my super energetic two year old.
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First of all, your daughter is adorable. I'm sure she keeps you VERY busy! I don't have kids, but I'm sure she is a constant source of motivation and energy.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm always going. Working full time, being a full time student. doing freelance work all while trying to squeeze a social life in there can feel like a lot sometimes. That's why I like to start my day with some sort of workout. This usually comes in the form of running outside since it is an easy, fast, and cheap workout. It involves no equipment, just throw on your shoes and go. This helps clear my head and it helps me think of new ideas for projects I'm working on.
And once I have the idea, I love listening to music as I work. I don't like to work in silence. Even in college, I never liked going to libraries to study, I always chose a coffee house, somewhere with motion, music and life. I love libraries, but not as a work space.
Luckily, my Art Director doesn't like silence either. At work,I have no problems finding motivation and creativity because there is always energy.
And with that, it's back to work.
Hi, Robert. Like Meredith, I definitely need music around me as I create whether for creative projects or mundane tasks. At work I either play classical music on my radio during which I compose ballets in my head or plug in my iPod which is an eclectic composition of artists ranging from Daddy Yankee to Ani Difranco. I also draw inspiration from other art forms, like reading poetry, watching movies,or looking at art. However, as one of our professor's mentioned in class, the creative ideas tend to strike me when I'm performing mundane tasks like driving or showering as opposed to sitting poised at my computer.
ReplyDeleteI set the mood by being in an open space. The less cramped I physically feel, the less restrained my brain feels -- and the creativity flows. Flipping through magazines or very freely surfing the web often triggers an idea. Also, I have to have a (favorite) pen and paper nearby to sketch ideas or write random words down that pop into mind. A keyboard won't suffice. And, caffeine in my system is unfortunately 99.9% necessary.
ReplyDeleteGood coffee, good tunes, and the cats' energy flow (probably doesn't compare to that of a 2-year-old!) I'm with Meredith on silence.... I find it jarring rather than energizing.
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