Comments on: Keep calm and carry on

By: hmunro

hmunro — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:07:56 +0000

I adore your description of how circular self-doubt can be! Sometimes it can be distracting — or destructive, even — and it’s often a waste of time. But in small doses it can actually *help* the creative process by making us analyze our work and strive to improve on what we’re doing. As for your wandering off to try something different for a while: I can hardly wait to see the results of your creative self-analysis!

By: Hallysann

Hallysann — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:02:26 +0000

Hello Mo …
You’re welcome

By: XpatScot

XpatScot — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:42:52 +0000

Self-doubt is my (almost) constant companion; and at its worst I spend much more time doubting, and wondering why I doubt, and wondering if I will ever stop doubting; and wondering how to stop doubting; than I do doing the things whose value I doubt. Is there any point to doing what I do? Is having a point really all that important? But doing nothing is not an option because doing nothing is giving up and giving up is the ultimate act of pointlessness. So when I get like this: bereft of inspiration,empty, without hope of replenishment, rather than do nothing I try to do something different – and that’s what I’ve been doing lately and will probably keep doing until the pointlessness of this endeavour drives me back to what I recently abandoned.

By: mospictures

mospictures — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:36:55 +0000

Thanks Hallysann…

By: hmunro

hmunro — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:25:55 +0000

Je dois te faire des cartes de visite qui disent “Mo: Creative-crisis intervention service.” Je connais beaucoup d’écrivains qui ont besoin de tes services.

By: hmunro

hmunro — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:19:55 +0000

You are always so kind … and you always make my day. Thank you so much, dancingbeastie — both for your kind words and for the much-needed reality check. I will dearly miss *your* posts, as well, if they come less often this summer. But that will make me treasure your writing and your intelligent wit all the more. Right bak at you with the blogger love!

By: mospictures

mospictures — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:39:45 +0000

Bonjour Heather,

” creative-crisis intervention ” ahahahahaha !!!

J’adore cette phrase, cette expression…
Elle m’a fait rire en relisant de façon plus posée ton billet.

MO and his M3 from Paris.

By: dancingbeastie

dancingbeastie — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:20:18 +0000

As Nina Simone so heartbreakingly sang, ‘ne me quittez pas’! I think we all have those moments (in fact I think I have more ‘moments’ than inspiration). Taking a break is something we all need to do sometimes. Lord knows, trying to do a post a day must be exhausting! I’ll be blogging a bit less for a few weeks as the summer holidays descend upon me, but I learned last summer that it’s OK for real life to take priority over blogging sometimes – and your reader figures might dip, but they will recover again, because you (yes, YOU) are always worth reading. And your photography is inspirational. We love you Heather!

By: hmunro

hmunro — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:35:26 +0000

Bonjour Mr. Sunshine!

Mais, oh la la la … je viens de remarquer que j’ai oublié de te remercier ton beau cadeau aussi (la superbe photo de la Tour Eiffel que tu m’as envoyé). Tes photos sont toujours une énorme inspiration.

Prends soin de toi, et nous parlerons très tôt. Salut!

By: hmunro

hmunro — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:31:59 +0000

Aw … you’re too kind! Looking to others’ work for inspiration is also very good advice, and there’s certainly a lot of inspiration to be found among my blogger friends (like yourself — loved your post on haggling!). Thanks for your encouraging words. I assure you that a good brushing-off is already in progress. Have a lovely day, Hallysann … you’ve certainly brightened mine!