Re: What do YOU do when creativity dries up?

[Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>]

I read David Bowie does something like this i believe,he writes a
feeling or lyrics every day on a card then pulls them all out and
mixes them and constructs lyrics with them
you could try the same with musical bits and pieces i suppose
Luis

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Phil Clevenger <phil.clevenger@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I have a set of index cards I maintain and turn to when things dry up...
>
> Each card contains one entry;
>
> What would Brian Wilson do?
>
> What would Joni MItchell do?
>
> What would Glen Campbell do?
>
> What would Prince do?
>
> What would Gang of Four do?
>
> and so on.
>
> I've never had to draw a second card... and there has never been a case
> where the card and the current project were unable to find some point of
> meaningful engagement... nor has the result ever been anywhere close to
> detectable vis a vis the inspirational source taken from the card. And 
> it's
> very often shed new light on what seems to be an intractable situation :)
>
> It's been a wonderful tool for me... highly recommended :)
>
> Phil :)
>



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