Thank you for these thoughts. I've found myself at a strange standstill of late—desiring to pursue my creatives, but finding a siren call of distractions, that I don't even enjoy, clouding the mind and pulling me in so many directions that in the end I become frozen in place and do nothing.
I'm going through my posts here at The Living Dark in search of reader comments that I failed to reply to, and I come across this one from you, Scott, and I wonder how in the world I neglected it, as I obviously saw it and clicked the "like" button.
How have things progressed or changed -- or stayed the same -- since you wrote the comment? I'm very familiar with the "strange standstill' that you describe, and I know it's an unpleasant state. But I have also felt the pleasure when it lifts, and have seen the insights it can later bring.
Thank you for these thoughts. I've found myself at a strange standstill of late—desiring to pursue my creatives, but finding a siren call of distractions, that I don't even enjoy, clouding the mind and pulling me in so many directions that in the end I become frozen in place and do nothing.
I'm going through my posts here at The Living Dark in search of reader comments that I failed to reply to, and I come across this one from you, Scott, and I wonder how in the world I neglected it, as I obviously saw it and clicked the "like" button.
How have things progressed or changed -- or stayed the same -- since you wrote the comment? I'm very familiar with the "strange standstill' that you describe, and I know it's an unpleasant state. But I have also felt the pleasure when it lifts, and have seen the insights it can later bring.