I TOTALLY hear ya. I've been struggling with this same issue. "Tip of my tongue" is not exactly right. I feel like my head is wrapped in a cellophane bandage. I do know about "do anything" and I do but I can't seem to EXPRESS what I want to say. I take pictures almost everyday. Most of it never goes anywhere... It's just the act of seeing and composing and being in the moment. I try to get something creative in. I do make an effort to work in my studio. In fact I just finished two pieces but they haven't really gotten to the point of expressing what I really want.

Mindful practice helps too but ever since I started an ssri last year it is not helping so much. Before that I was really productive. Now I struggle. I am tapering off the ssri so we will see if that helps.

Ssri aside, I know my work is intuitive. When I was working on my BFA I started with this really horrible piece. It was so horrible I started down a different path. Eventually I came back to it and came out with a pretty good show and I could see how it important the horrible piece was to the final. I even held on to it for a long time. I just have to remind myself there are these pieces that eventually do come together through process. Maybe you have some similar thoughts?

And have you read the book steal like an artist? I don't go for art "self help" books but this one has some really great gems.

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