“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

Even with all the courage in the world, every creative will eventually run into a creative block, so we asked some of our favorite creatives to share how they overcome creative blocks.

Jahaira Telles

When I was making music and doing spoken word, and I’d get blocked, it would piss me off so bad. One day, I was griping about having “writer’s block,” and a mentor of mine said, “If you get stuck when you’re writing, it’s because you’re writing for the listener, and the writing is no longer authentic. Not to sound shitty, but basically, you’re not being all the way honest. When you’re writing for ‘image’ sake, you will almost inevitably get writer’s block—because the experiences we actually had are very easy to remember.” Read More>> 

JETHRO KING

For me when I have creative blocks I dance it helps me tap into my essence and be free Read More>> 

Tim Dupuis

Writers Block is a challenging hurdle in the music industry which everyone experiences. I try to write at least 1-3 songs a day, but some days it may not be that easy. For me, the more experiences I have in my life, the easier it is to write. Or, you think about friends/family experiences and how it possibly made them feel and write about that. I keep a running note in my phone about random experiences or just a sentence of something I would want to write about and how can I write about that a different way. I then surround myself in nature.  Read More>> 

Marina Ibrahim

It helps me at times to simply step away from whatever it is I was trying to work on. It helps if I don’t always think of myself as an artist, but simply a human being who sometimes makes art. It takes away the pressure to create an amazing masterpiece every time I go to draw or paint. I can simply be as I am, take in the world around me, and revive my creative spirit by simply taking in the world around me and re-appreciating it. Read More>>