When you’re creating, I mean, when you’re really in that creative mode it seems like the creativity will never end. Maybe you decide to take your songs to the street or your art work or whatever, and before too long, you’re relying on your art, you’re needing it to live, maybe you’ve given up your job, or whatever, and you’re making a go of it with your art.

That feeling of bliss and creativity is kicking in full gear, but then one day comes, and the elation is gone. Instead of butterflies of excitement about your next creative idea, your gut just feels heavy and your stuck like chuck, trying to think about what to do now that everything in your existence relies on your creative output. This is a crap place to be.

Seasoned musicians and artists know this is part of the deal. This is a part of the ride that doesn’t feel good, and it makes us consider our worst fear: that when it’s gone, it’s gone and it won’t come back, that thing that makes us creative, whatever it is, but somehow it always seems to come back. That’s not to say that it’s not scary as hell when you wake up feeling like beat down, tired and uninspired especially when you’ve got a show to do or work to do.

I would submit that this is, generally, when pharmaceutical, illegal or otherwise, come into play and have for many artists through the ages, but I say, like with anything give it a break and wait for it or just go through the motions and see what happens… Creativity on demand or brilliance in a hurry is a life that many of us have made for ourselves, and there’s no supplement to feeling inspired, but sometimes we just have to suck it up, and work. Go through the motions, put process in place of inspiration.

Eventually, the inspiration comes back, and you’ll be back at it again… the best thing that you can do is not judge the feeling or lack of feeling, but go through the motions. If you can’t feel inspired, at least you can keep things moving, even if it’s not your most inspired work. Usually the malaise will lift in a couple days, sometimes it can go for months, but we’re adaptable, that’s part of working and being creative.