I’ve been there, more than once. I seriously doubt the creative impulse can be eradicated, it is just hiding. The way I’ve gotten past this is to commit to mes

I’ve been there, more than once. I seriously doubt the creative impulse can be eradicated, it is just hiding. The way I’ve gotten past this is to commit to messing around, or trying to make some small thing, at a specific time on a schedule. (Every morning, whatever you have) Make no rules about what is “valid” to work on, and give yourself permission to quit after a certain amount of time if you still aren’t feeling it that day. The creativity will return as a result of doing. And it may take a form that surprises you, and wasn’t what you set out to focus on, because currently you don’t know yourself well enough to know what you are even interested in. One day, during one of those periods, I sat down at my regularly scheduled time and I produced computer music for about 60 minutes, listened back to what I made and was absolutely disgusted by how mediocre it was. I stood up to walk out of my studio and on a lark picked up my trusty 6 string bass. I then wrote this entire song in one pass: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/2erc0IdvaDh6xnprg8gthS?si=xX06OrzmTj-oVe8rW6fyeA https://open.spotify.com/track/2erc0IdvaDh6xnprg8gthS?si=xX0... Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/sometimes-you-need-sun-feat-sarth-doron-lev/1620005521?i=1620005523 https://music.apple.com/us/album/sometimes-you-need-sun-feat... It just came out fully formed. Relax, play, mess around, do little fun or interesting things. Let your mind wander. But sit down at your scheduled time. Inspiration will return.