You’ve got to make your creativity a habit, and stick with it! The importance of this little tidbit of wisdom is very evident to me all of a sudden.
Last week I was quite sick and I just could not get up in the morning to get my daily hour of composing in. I’ve lost an entire week, and I’m on a deadline with scores due in March for a new commission. But I had to give myself permission to get better and make that a priority, and so I did.
Now today I feel much better, and you know what? I couldn’t see the importance of getting out of bed to compose! I had totally gotten out of the habit. Fortunately I was able to guilt myself out of bed, and I ended up taking my work in progress in a surprising new direction.
The trick is that even if you don’t feel inspired, if you are too tired, or you don’t like the work you are doing, or even if you only get one or two measures written, you’ve got to have that habit of creativity every day. Stick with it; it’s important!
Thanks for this Richard. I will send it on to my daughter to always keep her inspired to compose.
Hope all is going well for you. It sounds like it.