Bored

I think it is official, I like to write more than create art or make photos lately. Is it simply because I am too lazy to prepare the paints and canvas, or even get the camera gear ready? I don’t really know. But what I can be sure of, is that my creative brain is always thinking. There are times when the ideas, and thoughts come faster than I can process them. So what am I to do?

At this very moment, jacked up on Starbucks coffee, I sit in my studio and type away. Letting random thoughts run through my head as I contemplate another day passing. Why not paint? I have little desire to make a painting and I have no idea what I want to paint. Maybe that is why artists should stick to one subject. No, I just lack the enthusiasm – I want to be outside, travel, head out to a cool destination and then write about it. No wonder painting in the studio lately feels so boring.

Why not make pictures with my camera? Like painting, the idea of getting all the gear out and ready, while having no subject seams like a waste of time. I guess I am letting resistance kill the muse. The desire would come if I just started working. Or would it?

I am sure there are rock stars I could photograph tonight, but I don’t feel like it. There is an empty canvas right here in the studio waiting to become a painting, but I can’t muster the energy to get started nor can I think of anything I want to paint.

So, I write…and I write this post simply to share a point. Sometimes, creatives get bored, and they just need to take a day off. I took a vacation day today from my regular job, and it seams as though I am taking a vacation from the arts as well. After all, it is dinner time, food to be prepared, cooked, and served. Beer to consume, and time to spend with loved ones.

What are your thoughts? Do you ever get bored with he things you are passionate about? Are you really passionate if boredom wins? I would love to read your comments.

Cheers