Chowlb

agraphia – the inability and the loss of the ability to write and spell.

I’m suffering.  I used to be able to take my little “moleskine,” sit down and write pages and pages of lyrics/words/clever little phrases/etc or pick up a guitar and put random chords together.  Here lately I can’t write anything.  There’s a permanent plug in the ol’ creativity pipe to my brain tubes.  Seems that I can’t sit down at a guitar and play anything but the Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These.” It’s fairly frustrating. I’ve even taken some time off from doing the normal “writing” routine, I took some time and painted a picture, did some major home improvements, started listening to podcasts instead of actual music, but I can’t shake it.  Pretty sure the problem stems from my brain knowing I have creativity block, and that stresses me out even more than the blockage, which leads to even more blockage since I’m worrying about it. It’s a vicious cycle.

It’s not that I’m even trying to be Mr. Cool songwriter guy, or uber clever dude.  Nothing is gelling with me for some reason. To be 100% honest, it’s part of the reason this site hardly gets updated.  I can’t think of anything to write about.  I need an adventure.  I think I may take some time tonight and do some brainstorming exercises. It’s really corny I understand, but anything is better than feeling frustrated.  I read somewhere that you’re not supposed to stop yourself from writing a bad song, because you have to get the bad ones out of the way otherwise they stew and infect everything else.  I must say that I have to agree.

For some reason today I’m having an incredibly hard time concentrating.