Video: What’s Blocking YOUR Creativity? - Draftsmen S3E34
Channel: Draftsmen
About
Sometimes it can be difficult to get your creative juices flowing. Using two books, How to Be More Creative by David D. Edwards and Fishing for Elephants by Larry Moore as touchstones, Stan and Marshall discuss some of the most common creative blockages, where they come from, and what impact they can have on artists.
00:00 - Intro
02:49 - Creativity
04:37 - Focusing on the Blocks
08:06 - Flashback Tanget
10:03 - Definitions of 'Creativity'
11:43 - List of Blocks
12:19 - Coffee Tangent
13:28 - Three Catorgories of Blocks
16:15 - Blocker-Feeling too silly
18:20 - Brief Summary of first few chapters of "How to be Creative"
18:45 - Emotional Block- Fear
22:11 - Emotional Block- Motavation
24:13 - Kristian Tangent #1
28:00 - Marhsall's Story about Fear
31:23 - Ego
32:37 - Kristian Tangent #2
34:09 - Kristian's van experience
35:26 - Quote from Larry Moore
37:03 - Three blocks based on fear
39:52 - Fitting in as a blocker
42:24 - External Factors/Influences
48:30 - A quick list of blocks from "How to be Creative"
49:51 - Perceptual/Intellectual Blocks
51:08 - Technology as a Block
01:01:32 - More Perceptual Blocks
01:04:35 - Perceptual Block- using incorrect data
01:07:44 - Cultural Blocks
01:09:37 - Inability to use all your abilities
01:10:54 - Only following one way
01:14:34 - The time issue
01:18:18 - Cultural Block- Role Sterotyping
01:22:01 - Inner Child
01:23:08 - Final Cultural Block
01:23:32 - Burn out
Show Links (some contain affiliate links):
How to be More Creative by David D Edwards - https://amzn.to/2ZYYHdG
Fishing for Elephants by Larry Moore - https://amzn.to/3y4xIu2
Scott Christensen - https://www.christensenstudio.com/
David S Pumpkins - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS00xWnqwvI
Stomp - https://stomponline.com/
Art and Fear - https://amzn.to/3rHB8l9
Yes Theory Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/YesTheory
Don Richardson - https://amzn.to/3lC8f60
Robert Sapolsky - https://amzn.to/3GlgRG5
Draftsmen Epiphanies Episode - https://proko.com/589
Kristian’s Sketchy Van Podcast - https://Linktr.ee/KristianNee
William Saroyan - http://williamsaroyanfoundation.org/biography
Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing - https://amzn.to/3y7EEGD
Harry Partch - https://www.harrypartch.com/
Frank Zappa - https://www.zappa.com/
David Viscott - https://amzn.to/3iLdSwu
Eddie O’Connor - https://amzn.to/3DuoWqi
The Lady Vanishes - Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell - https://youtu.be/15tHRcHAls0
The Draftsmen Wall Museum - https://proko.com/601
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ABOUT DRAFTSMEN :
Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff are art instructors. If you love the arts, particularly the craft of drawing and painting and image-making… and you want to level up your skills or even make a living with your skills, we are here to answer your questions. We’re here to offer you advice, refer you to our resources, share your love of the craft and maybe inspire you! Learn to Draw - www.proko.com Marshall Vandruff. Subscribe to the podcast at http://bit.ly/DraftsmenPod
CREDITS:
Hosts - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Marshall Vandruff (http://www.marshallart.com/)
Production Assistance - Alex Otis (https://www.instagram.com/alexotisillustration/), Charlie Nicholson (https://www.instagram.com/shloogorgh/), Ellie Polk (https://www.instagram.com/the.mccartski/)
Editing - Sierra Tillman (https://www.instagram.com/blu_perceptions/), Carrie Maness (cmaness1615.myportfolio.com), Charlie Nicholson
Intro Animation - Cody Shank (http://codyshank.com/)
Intro Jingle - Tommy Rush (https://www.instagram.com/tommyrush/)
Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra