01/26/2026
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about creativity during times of communal distress.
As artists, the work we do sits very close to humanity—to emotion, memory, empathy, and shared experience. Because of that closeness, the weight of what’s happening around us can either deepen our creative well or leave us feeling emotionally depleted. Sometimes it fuels the work. Other times, it creates a kind of quiet paralysis—a creative block that comes not from lack of ideas, but from lack of energy and focus.
Right now, even as I think through new projects, I’m finding it difficult to reach into the momentum it takes just to begin. And I know I can’t be the only one feeling this way.
I’m sharing this in case you are too—whether you’re an artist or not. If things feel heavy, if forward motion feels slow, you’re not alone. I’m hoping that naming this out loud is a small first step toward moving through it—for me, and maybe for someone else reading this too.
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