Then came the question: Is a period of non-creation part of creation itself? I experienced a lot of self-doubt during this time, as I’d always created under tight deadlines, always been occupied – and then all of a sudden I had this free space to exist in, for which I was getting paid but had no obligations to fulfil. It seemed like paradise with a trapdoor. Easy to lose yourself in. You’re simply handed everything, but you don’t know what to do with yourself.'
I found this related to me very much although very diffrent surcomstances but to see a well established professional had a similar issue is very rensuring.
Four weeks in, I invited other people to visit me and create with me – people I’d already collaborated with for a long time, like Nathan and Jakob of Haw-lin, and Tim+Tim.
HOw he talks about collcoration helping him get through this stage. I have found collabortationg to be the most motivational thing for me.
'You go to school, you sit your exams, you go to uni, you graduate, you start working… you follow this linear path, try to organize your life around this structure, although life is actually constantly in flux, in motion – there are no real moments of graduation, only constructed ones.'
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