Grellow Studio

So I’ve been trying to punch my creative juices in the gut to create something artistic or original. These creative juices have been super lazy lately and I’m not happy with them. I often get these lulls and it seems I’m in a constant battle to figure out how to move past these blocks.

For the most part, things are good; work is steady and keeping things pretty fresh, I’ve been making ‘Beer Books‘ in hopes to make a few extra bucks at upcoming art markets (and it’s a great excuse to consume tasty beer), ‘Grellow Shots‘ (which only lasted 4 weeks) was making me take photos and browse through Flickr on a regular basis, I’ve got plans to start painting, and I’ve been getting quite a bit of reading done (including blogs). I just don’t feel like I’ve done anything tangible or worthwhile so far. Maybe I make too many excuses? Maybe I have no ambition? Or, like I keep telling myself, maybe I should quit talking and start doing.

Wherein lies the problem – I don’t know where to start. I don’t know what I want to do. What is something? What is anything? Already I don’t keep my blog up-to-date enough, I don’t take enough photos, I don’t design much outside of work, I haven’t started painting yet, I’ve got tons of books I need to read… the list goes on. I can start there, but will that be enough?

Maybe I shouldn’t have written this post so late (4am), but I need accountability. I need responsibility. But above all, I need initiative. Something to drive me to do something.

So, if you’ve got any ideas, thoughts, comments or criticisms – I’d love to hear em. Until then, I’ll keep reading over this post in hopes for that killer creative spark. Watch out creative juices…

I took more urban-esque photos in New Orleans on Magazine Street. Although I’ve taken tons of photos there in the past, I always seem to run across something else interesting to shoot. There’s also a Roller Derby bout and some images of faces from my TV.

You can check out the full size versions of all Grellow Shots (as well as a few others) on my Flickr page.

More New Orleans photos. I went for lots of texture and bright colors, which was easy to do in the Bywater.

I’ll soon be adding a Flickr application (possibly in place of these photo collages?). In the meantime, you can check out my Flickr Photostream.