What’s Blocking YOUR Creativity? - Draftsmen S3E34
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What’s Blocking YOUR Creativity? - Draftsmen S3E34
by Stan Prokopenko in Draftsmen Podcast
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Stan Prokopenko

Stan Prokopenko

Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
Marshall Vandruff

Marshall Vandruff

I Teach Creatives
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@cpalfo
I love Prokopenko generally, however, I find these videos, which can have alluring titles, extremely frustrating and unwatchable. There is too little content, too much pfaff and too many American cultural references not relevant to non-Americans. This is my last time attempting to watch one of these. I love the drawing lessons though.
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Sometimes it can be difficult to get your creative juices flowing. Using two books, How to Be More Creative by David D. Edwards and Fishing for Elephants by Larry Moore as touchstones, Stan and Marshall discuss some of the most common creative blockages, where they come from, and what impact they can have on artists.


Books and Resources
(some contain affiliate links)

How to be More Creative by David D Edwards
Fishing for Elephants by Larry Moore
Scott Christensen
David S Pumpkins
Stomp
Art and Fear
Yes Theory YouTube channel
Don Richardson
Robert Sapolsky
Draftsmen Epiphanies Episode
Kristian’s Sketchy Van Podcast
William Saroyan
Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing
Harry Partch
Frank Zappa
David Viscott
Eddie O’Connor
The Lady Vanishes - Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell
The Draftsmen Wall Museum

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Stan Prokopenko
Stan Prokopenko
Dealing with art block? You’re not alone! This week, Marshall and I talk about some of the causes.
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@cpalfo
@cpalfo
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4yr
I love Prokopenko generally, however, I find these videos, which can have alluring titles, extremely frustrating and unwatchable. There is too little content, too much pfaff and too many American cultural references not relevant to non-Americans. This is my last time attempting to watch one of these. I love the drawing lessons though.
TeResA Bolen
TeResA Bolen
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4yr
There's a lot more to burnout. I've gotten some help from my studies within courses on Flow, and then taking a deeper dive for a personal project. Christina Maslach has decades of work on it, has a list of six burnout triggers (that can be very helpful for prevention of and healing from) and here's an online survey for that might be helpful for anyone wondering where they are right now, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/5ff8692ea989770016cbb2a0
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