Because of copyright laws and general ego, there is always a fear that you're being unoriginal when you're creating. Steal Like an Artist, by Austin Kleon, gives the advice that others have been afraid to give. Allowing yourself to be influenced by other works will help you to grow as an artist.

Sometimes it can feel like your work will never reach the level you want it to, and you’ll start to wonder what’s the point. Or, maybe, you don’t know who you want to be yet, and you just feel tired of looking. If you don’t know where you’re going, here’s some tips to keep moving until you find yourself in a better place.

For me, it's always been a struggle to find time to do all the things I want to do. The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp, inspired me to completely rethink the way I look at my schedule. In fact, this very website probably would still be months away if not for the advice laid out here.

Sunder on YouTube gives some honest advice to artists aspiring to make things full time. You try many things and fail until you don't. Keep at it, you're not alone.

Finding ideas is often the easy part. Deciding which idea to proceed with from your abundance can be the challenge.

If it was just as easy as picking your favorite, there wouldn't be a problem. But, other people make it tricky. You have a limited compacity for knowing how people will react to your work.

The problem is that you are very familiar with your own line of thought.

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Who is it for: Wordsmiths and improvisers

Creativity Workout is a book centered around random words. It's about finding connections and value where others may miss it. For prompts, the book just uses a grid of words you pick from at random. The exercises involve taking the random words and trying to find relations between them.

Doing everything in my limited power to support independent artists is one of my passions. In the Spotlight section, we will feature artists I find that aren't getting nearly the attention I think they deserve.

Puns are an underrated art form, aren't they? Okay, maybe you disagree... But, if you happen to be a fan of playing with language, you need to check out NWAR.

Artists are often told to keep their audience in mind when they create. Seldom, though, does anyone go into any practical ways of doing that.

In Walter Murch's excellent book on the topic of editing film, In the Blink of an Eye, he mentions how sometimes he will tape a cut-out silhouette of an audience to the bottom of his window to remind himself how his work will eventually be experienced.