Circulate to Access Your Creative Energy

Are you experiencing a creative dry spell – a season of writer’s block or just struggling to access your imagination?  In this episode, Dan and Andrew unpack this common occurrence for most creatives and how you can combat it when that dry season is upon you. As they share their thoughts on fostering inspiration to get the ideas and sparks flowing, you’ll learn some valuable tactics to circulate and access that creativity.  “A lot of people tend to sit down and then think about what they want to write. And I say that’s not the way to do it. You want to get out. You want to be walking around or doing other things while you can be thinking, so that then you can sit down, and instead of thinking about what to write, you just write down what you’ve been thinking.” – Andrew (4:12) They also dive into the importance of being in a community and how developing connections with others can offer us new perspectives on creation. We have to keep moving forward in pursuit of new positions, new friendships, new projects, etc. In the words of Woody Allen, “a relationship is like a shark. It has to keep moving forward or it dies.” The same concept applies for creativity!  “So you don’t want your creativity to become a dead shark. And the more I think about it, I think it’s like that. You do need to keep some sort of movement and momentum going. You have to keep replenishing the water running through your gills if you’re the shark. Otherwise what you’ve got on your hands is a dead shark.” – Dan (9:32) And keep an eye out for next week’s episode wherever you listen to podcasts!  In This Episode: (1:25) How does circulating work?  (6:30) The importance of connections for incoming inspiration (8:30) Keep moving forward (11:43) The ways networking can help us learn and grow (14:08) Why curiosity is importance for creatives (16:28) How you can practically circulate  Resources & Links: Dan Nestle LinkedIn Andrew Silberman LinkedIn Get a G.R.I.P. on Creativity by Andrew Silberman The Remote Work Companion   The Dan Nestle Show  Mentioned:  The Healing Promise of Qi by Roger Jahnke