A fantastic blog entry about procrastination myths led me to the realization:
Waiting for inspiration to strike before starting to work is wrong. How would it come from a vacuum? From idly sitting around or doing something else?
My dear friend and admired illustrator John Howe always says that he has no idea what an artist’s block is. You just have to draw, let the pencil run around the page and inspiring ideas will emerge.
Pablo Picasso advised clearly:
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
This great blog entry I linked above had the ultimate clue:
“You’ll find that inspiration is a byproduct of having the discipline to do what needs to be done; inspiration comes from doing.”
Whether it’s called that, the Muse, or Holy Spirit, the idea is the same: the “package” to create from will come once you’re disciplined and humble enough to start working. If inspiration is the Muse, starting to work is the invocation.
