#creativeburnout

find it. in a page. in a prompt. in 5 quiet minutes.

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There's a state you enter when you sit down to play—and inside, there's complete silence. Not fear, not laziness. Emptiness. Hands on the keyboard, an endless empty lot before your eyes, all the tools, the entire Gallery at your disposal… and in your head — white noise.

This isn't a creative block. This is burnout. When what used to bring joy and was an escape from reality becomes an insurmountable task itself. When placing every new wall feels like dragging a concrete block.

And it would be fine if it lasted an hour. But what if it's days? You log into Tumblr, see streams of beautiful screenshots, and that internal silence just turns into a deafening wall?

I don't have a universal recipe. But I know the first step is to say it out loud. Not to hide behind "everything's fine" smiles. To admit: yes, today, I'm burned out. And that's okay.

Oh, and the second step—giving yourself permission not to create. To sit and just play. Without goals. Without screenshots. Without thoughts about the blog. To zone out, to watch your Sim make scrambled eggs for the sixth time. And let that be the only "achievement" of the day.

i’ve started a new project called verdant hearth consulting for working artists who dislike or struggle with maintaining a multi-platform social media presence.

i offer social reset intensives: one-on-one strategy sessions where we clear out the noise, pick the platforms that actually fit your life, and rebuild a gentle, sustainable rhythm that supports your art instead of smothering it.

we focus on:

simplifying your platform mix

designing low-pressure posting routines

setting up light systems you can actually keep up with

keeping your online presence aligned with your real creative practice

this is consulting for artists who are tired of feeling behind and want a calmer way to exist online.

honestly?? creating art for other people has been sucking the soul out of me. like I literally have no time or energy left for my own stuff. and on social media it’s always this weird pressure like “oh the artist will finish my piece in 2 weeks… or 4… or whenever” as if we’re machines running on deadlines no one even asked us about. everything has to be FAST or people get weird about it.

I’m so done with that. if my art wants to be slow, then it can be slow as hell. that’s how it actually turns out good anyway.

and I’m NEVER doing “promised art” again. ever. had a friend basically force me to finish something I drew for FREE and like??? no. absolutely not. I was literally just gifting stuff without thinking and somehow it turned into expectations I never agreed to.

and god the experiences I’ve had… that whole “you have to work no matter what” mindset? garbage. my device broke, I couldn’t finish anything, I had no money to replace it, and people still couldn’t just. wait. they acted like I owed them something when I was barely keeping it together.

so yeah. that’s why I don’t do commissions anymore. I’m choosing peace.