Just do it anyway

I find myself procrastinating about picking up a pen, or in this case, my phone, and attempting to write something. I also experience this with my painting. I don’t want to risk ruining a painting until I’m in the mood to possibly trash it. I love writing and painting, but many times I have a hard time getting started. The muse is hiding and needs to be lured out.

I’ve discovered during these droughts, that writing, or any other art form, is stimulated by the act of doing it. Sometimes I try to “sneak up on it” and tell myself I’m only going to write or paint a little bit then find myself sticking with it for hours. The act of taking that first step opens the floodgates and lets the ideas come in.

Once you pick up your pen or paintbrush, or whatever, and just decide to do something, it starts to fuel itself. That’s where the joy of the art form lives. That space, where you are fully alive and in the moment.