My Advice for Creative's Block

I Ask Myself - Episode 2

Lately, I’ve been feeling a bit creatively blocked. I haven’t had many good ideas and haven’t felt my most inspired. This is obviously a common feeling amongst creatives (right?… RIGHT?!)

As artists, we go through phases of feeling more or less inspired. Certain days, I find myself with a healthy dose of inspiration paired with the need to put my head down and do the work. Other days, I’m in a more extreme state, either feeling intoxicating inspiration or total hopelessness and doom. If you’re currently feeling one of these extremes or another, I have good news or bad news: It won’t last. You will swing back and forth and experience the whole spectrum, so long as you don’t stop swinging.

In the second installment of my audio series ‘I Ask Myself,’ in an effort to show myself the same compassion I show my friends, I give myself the advice I would give to a good friend experiencing a creative block. I discuss the analogy that I’ll call “The Pipe of Creativity.” Audio below for paid subscribers.

But first, while I have you here!

Am I performing in a city near you?
I’ll be in:

• Brooklyn, NY February 5

• Washington DC February 20-22

• Batavia, IL February 27-March 1

• Royal Oak, MI March 6-8

• Gettysburg, PA April 11-12

• Philedelphia, PA April 25-26

And more TBA soon! All tickets found at isabelhagen.com/shows

And for anyone who’s been following along with my film ‘On A String’

The film is almost complete and while certain things still need to be kept under wraps at this time, I’ll have a VERY exciting update in the next 2-3ish months. And maybe you’re new to my mailing list and this is the first you’ve heard about my movie. If so, you can get the gist of it here! I wrote, directed and starred in it and I hope you’ll go see it when it’s eventually out in the world. You can follow the film’s Instagram if you’d like which will have more updates soon as well!

And now here is Episode 2 of I Ask Myself: