Overcoming Creative Block

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It's a common problem for artists. You sit down to a blank canvas, wanting to make some art, but no ideas come to mind.

One approach to solve this problem is by always having an idea before you sit down. The best ideas usually come when you're doing something else, like taking a shower or walking.

Another approach, which I discovered for myself, is to take a photo of your food. You could take a photo of other things, but food is the easiest source of random shapes. Pareidolia is finding meaningful patterns from randomness. You can then eat the food, turning pareidolia into a tasty game. Bring the photo into Krita (or whatever is your drawing program of choice) and draw on top of the photo of the shapes that you find most inspiring. Then throw away the photo and continue the drawing.
 
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