“You know, its so important to keep painting (especially when its not going well). Something always comes from the effort.”
David Limrite

The Creative Flow

There is nothing like being in the flow with your creativity. It’s never easy, but sometimes the paintings just seem to spring forth from your brush with ease and calm.

It’s all about building momentum.

For me, being in the flow happens when I am painting on a consistent basis. Not everything I create during these times of creative flow are great, or even good, but the work definitely gets created with very little stress and resistance.

However, I have to be careful because even letting one or two days go by without painting can interrupt my creative flow. And, my momentum can be disrupted as well.

Another thing about momentum is that when I am in the creative flow, I don’t worry about failure at all. I am just involved in my creative work. When I am in the creative flow, failure just means that I’m trying stuff, and that I just haven’t found the right solution, yet. It just means that the painting isn’t finished, yet. And, that I have more work to do. So, I continue and try something else.

This is what momentum looks and feel like.

Being in the creative flow requires that you: