The Death Of Ideas

Chinese Temple rooftop, Lugang, Taiwan

For creatives, a lack of ideas is very often a seeming disaster, subjectively speaking. Creative blockages, becoming stuck in a rut and simply treading old ground will often be signs of an absence of inspiration and ideas. If you think about it though, a lack of ideas is rarely the real problem. In fact, an overabundance of ideas is probably more common. For every idea you have that comes to fruition, how many have you put into practice only to quit half way through, or at least backburnered for so long that you’ve effectively quit? How many have you simply forgotten about? Having ideas is not the problem but seeing them through to the end often is. So what causes this death of ideas and what can you, as a photographer, do about it?

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Inspired By Others

Inspiration can come from other fields such as this disabled musician.

David du Chemin had an interesting post recently entitled “Go To The Writers”. In it, he talks about taking creative inspiration from other fields, focusing mainly on writers. If you haven’t seen it, you should make a point of checking it out.
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