At first I disagreed with the first item on your list since I wouldn't characterize a lot of the creative people I know as easily bored but then realized that they all have a hard time sitting through endless meetings or people droning on endlessly about themselves.
The point about easily bored made me think. I am rarely if ever bored but that is because I can retreat into my creative brain any time I want. However, I cannot sit through an uninteresting meeting without doodling. Nor can I just sit and watch television, I have to be doing some handwork or something else.
The first point STOPped me to for a moment also.i am rarely bored however i am bored with small talk, gossip and whining. So if i am "restless" with a piece or project or myself,i shift to something else; take a walk, water the garden, pull weeds, sip cool water, journaling, cloud watching... I am a firm believer of going where the energy takes me. Lucky for me i have a large stand up work table in center of my studio where there is always bits and scraps and paint, what ifs in various stages of making, becoming.
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Love that! Especially the first one. Thanks!
At first I disagreed with the first item on your list since I wouldn't characterize a lot of the creative people I know as easily bored but then realized that they all have a hard time sitting through endless meetings or people droning on endlessly about themselves.
The point about easily bored made me think. I am rarely if ever bored but that is because I can retreat into my creative brain any time I want. However, I cannot sit through an uninteresting meeting without doodling. Nor can I just sit and watch television, I have to be doing some handwork or something else.
The first point STOPped me to for a moment also.i am rarely bored however i am bored with small talk, gossip and whining. So if i am "restless" with a piece or project or myself,i shift to something else; take a walk, water the garden, pull weeds, sip cool water, journaling, cloud watching... I am a firm believer of going where the energy takes me. Lucky for me i have a large stand up work table in center of my studio where there is always bits and scraps and paint, what ifs in various stages of making, becoming.
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