Staying Fresh...

I often find maintaining a state of creative "freshness" a challenge. I will have these periods of creative energy where I can create, write, mix, produce, whatever, for days on end without feeling drained. Then, usually within a week or so, I seem to lose momentum and creative work seems to feel a little more like work.

I take this seriously, because I don't consider mixing to be a mundain, mechanical task in anyway. For me, it is one of the areas where i feel I draw on my creativity the most.

A few months ago I stumbled across a podcast on iTunes called, "The Accidental Creative". It focused mainly on this idea of creative rhythm. I would definitely recommend checking out the podcast and even the website. Tod Henry (the guy running the thing) runs an 'e-coaching' program through the website specifically for creative types. I've found this stuff to be really helpful in understanding the dynamics of working in a creative field where I have to "create-on-demand." The general idea that is put out there is that all creative people (all people?) have rythms of creative energy or drive that include peaks and valleys. Basically, the idea is to align your life to work with those peaks and valleys, not against them.

Check it out, I've found it helpful.

The Accidental Creative