Ian James Cox - Interactive designer in web and print

When you lose your Creative Mojo 1

Filed in Code / Design

Rather recently (months ago, not weeks) I lost my designers eye. Everything I touched turned to well, crap. I felt Un-inspired, in a rut.

“....what better than all these sparks collected up into a little bottle of inspiration”

Rather recently (months ago, not weeks) I lost my designers eye. Everything I touched turned to well, crap. I felt Un-inspired, in a rut. I was working late hours and couldn’t seem to get my breath back. Now, I’m not blaming late hours or tight deadlines because that’s the life of designer. I just needed to snap myself out of it and I’ll admit I struggled. Eventually I got back on track. But the whole experience left me feeling that I need to setup some measures for when it happens again, and it will for sure. I’m rather human you see.

Solution

My way out? A collection of all my ideas, thoughts, likes, inspiration. All in the one place. The tool? Little snapper. The hard part? Well, its not just downloading and installing the thing. No its a little bit harder than that. What you need to do Is to change the way you view things. Every time you see something you like, snap it. It could be anything, anything that sparks of that little spot in your brain. You see, these little sparks motivate you to create bigger and better. So next time your in a rut, what better than all these sparks collected up into a little bottle of inspiration. I look forward to my next creative wet patch.