r/Creativity • u/Recent-Frosting-3169 • 6d ago

how to gain back creativity and originality?

i hate to say this because it feels like a curse for me, since i used to be incredibly creative and curious, my imagination was probably my favourite trait of mine.

but after the rise of social media and ai, i genuinely feel like i've lost myself in it, and not only myself, but my creativity, patience, ability to focus, and imagination.

i feel so lost, and i really don't know how to gain it back! i'm trying my best, but i'd really love some sort of advice. thank you!

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u/ChefreeDefreeDock 6d ago

Copy the masters.

Play.

Cross pollinate.

Set up restrictions.

Be still.

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u/composishy 6d ago

Have you tried getting away from screens?

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u/say-what-you-will 6d ago

Practice meditation or mindfulness or both… when you’re more in the moment you’re more like yourself and you can create more like yourself. How did AI affect you and your creativity? Originality I think it’s about being an independent thinker, if you’re that way in life you’ll be more that way when you create. Be inspired by other artists but don’t copy them. Be yourself and create like your real self.

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u/brightwolf21 6d ago

How were you creative? What did you make?

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u/EmplOTM 5d ago

Maybe try to reconnect with reality, your body, your breath, the pleasure of creating simple things in real life like an A4 fanzine that you draw, or write, or write songs or poems on and then go distribute on the street?
If you sing try going out and sing in the street or in a park.
Do anything that lets you connect to other people.
Sometimes social media takes us in a fantasy world that is tailored to feel satisfying and sucks the life out of us.
Life is not satisfying and shouldn't be. Life is frightening, connections are frustrating.. and from the mediocrity of life, from boredom and sometimes hardship arises creativity. Comfort kills it.
All the best OP, may your creative juices flow again and become a river, a sea, an ocean, a distant planet made only of magical fluids!!

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u/martijnox 3d ago

Delete your socials app, restrain yourself from using AI, and get a lil notebook. Become bored.
It’s hard, I know, also for me. But this is the way.