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IN CASE OF A CREATIVE EMERGENCY: 12. Make a gift for a friend.

These videos have been a really helpful space for me to have a reason to try new things. This video is an example of that.

I've been putting off wood carving for a long time, but this week I finally picked up my whittling knife and got to work.

Working with your hands will help engage your brain, when you go back to the computer. A healthy mix of both of digital and analogue work will keep you creating, inspired and able to persevere on the long creative journey.

And if by the end of it you have something handmade, and personal, to give to a friend as a gift? That’s a win win.
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'In case of a creative emergency' is a list that I bashed out on my typewriter in November 2022. I was facing some pretty bad creative block at the time. I hit the wall of creative block often, as do literally all people who do creative things. I wanted to come up with a list of things I can turn to, when facing the wall of resistance, in order to smash it down and keep going. The list was made up of things that I gave a few days to think about. I tried to draw on my own experiences of what has worked for me in the past, but there are also examples here of things that I haven't really tried yet, but things that I think the use of would certainly help me to exercise my creative muscles.

What started as a list for myself to overcome times when work is a struggle has now developed into a weekly video series where I approach each exercise/idea in an attempt to inspire others. In an incredibly strange and meta way, I've actually overcome creative block by making myself incredibly busy making videos about how I overcome creative block, which in turn helps me to overcome said creative block because I have lots of work to focus on. Like I said, it's all very confusing.

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