For creatives who visit Pinterest and the like for inspiration, Amy of Pikaland, is certain the outcome is less productivity. At least this is what her students are telling her. Calling the condition “inspiration fatigue” she claims there’s a cure. She steers them to “dig vertically”. She explains,
Instead of merely looking at the aesthetics of the many works of art in front of their screen before jumping to the next, how about they pause for a moment and focus on finding out more details about it instead? Dig through archives of the artist’s work, and perhaps catch a glimpse of their process.
This is often how I approach online cruising, but not always. I welcome this reminder.
Click the link to read How to Be More Creative in the Age of Over-Inspiration.
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