Food gives us the energy we need to get through our days. Everybody knows it’s important to eat a hearty breakfast before taking an exam, and to down a lot of carbohydrates the day before a sporting event. Did you know food can also stimulate your creative energy?
If you’re in a creative rut, the problem may be in your diet. Not eating enough nutritionally rich foods can make you lethargic and grouchy, and can affect your creative output. What foods can help you be creative? How should you eat when you want to be the best artist you can be?
Try New Things
Artist’s block can happen for a variety of reasons, and different solutions work for different artists. Feeling general boredom in your life can be enough to make you creatively blocked. The same old routine makes anybody feel uninspired — and this includes the food you eat. If you’re eating the same peanut butter and jelly sandwich and the same frozen dinner every day, it’s hard to drum up the interest to create. [Read more…]