This is really helpful as I am trying to put together an art portfolio. I have tons of projects that are 80% finished. They stop feeling creative and fun and this is when another idea typically pops in my head and I set the current project aside so I can get those endorphins again from the beginning of the creative process. Thank you for explaining it so well. It makes sense why so many people have great ideas, and so few people are able to realize them.

@CynthiaMorris

2 ай бұрын

Glad this was helpful! I hope it guides you toward finishing a project or two that is deeply meaningful for you. Learning how to withstand the pain as we enter the narrow of the funnel will give you so much confidence and self-understanding.

My biggest obstacle currently on my sabbatical, is that I have to constantly interrupt my work with eating, sleeping and going to the toilet.

So insightful! Thank you for sharing this! I've been meditating on this proverb: "Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit." (Ecclesiastes 7:8) To more completed creative ideas!

@CynthiaMorris

Жыл бұрын

Patient in spirit...something I definitely could improve on!

I was having this problem. Now I know it's not just me. Know I have an idea why it's so easy to start a project, and not finish.

This is fantastic Cynthia! And the timing couldn't have been better for me. I've just hit the painful, fear-based reactive mode on a big project. Having this model is a helpful reminder that will keep me going. Thanks!

@CynthiaMorris

7 жыл бұрын

Keep going, Laura...and keep an eye out for the gifts that await you at the finish line. :)

hey it's like you're reading my mind here! I would love to read it, but I'm too busy finishing my project lol, if there'd be an audio version it'd be great

Great video Cynthia. Now I know to remember "The Funnel of Creativity" when it gets rough and tough through a given project. There is also joy and results at the end of the "Funnel". I just promoted it on Twitter. Thank you Cynthia!

@CynthiaMorris

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Emmanuel! I am glad it was helpful for you. It's definitely in those final phases where we need the extra incentive to keep going. It's shocking how difficult it feels. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much, it was so helpful

@CynthiaMorris

Ай бұрын

You are welcome!

LOL, OMG that's ME! So many projects started....So painful to sit my butt down and finish the book!

Thanks for sharing ur throughts...its a blessing!!

Thanks for sharing Cynthia, this makes so much sense of the creative process. All the best, Gem

Hidden gem video, hidden gem teacher

thank you Cynthia! Love that your process (& funnel diagram) is really so simple. It helps me to acknowledge myself in that process and to buckle down when it gets excruciating - I deserve to celebrate all the rewards of completion!

@CynthiaMorris

3 жыл бұрын

You do deserve the rewards! Look for what's to love/what's exciting in the final phases.

That is a perfect way to put it into perspective! Just seeing that already reassures me of what I already knew, and that is I’m not alone. Thanks!

Thanks for this Cynthia!

This made sooooo much sense to me!!! Thank You. ❤

Wow, excellently put

@CynthiaMorris

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope it helps you be more creatively satisfied.

Great model! I can really empathize with it! :)

Me for sure!! Thanks for the motivation.

@CynthiaMorris

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Spot on!

@CynthiaMorris

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The fluctuating between the top, and the narrow part of the funnel are similar to someone with bi-polar disorder! Lol I wouldn’t say I have bipolar issues, but I go through times when I do fluctuate. I simply call it a rutt. Once I realize that I’m not completing any of my many projects I have to get myself out of it, and get back on track. Along with the usual housework I have numerous craft, and sewing projects I hope to complete. Not completing them is very discouraging, and the only way I know to feel better is to snap myself out of it, and complete something, and then continue to make another.

Thank you, it is very helpful 😊

Very insightful! 👏👏

SOOOOOO TRUEEE!! Thank you!!

@CynthiaMorris

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

This is extremely helpful, thank you :)

@CynthiaMorris

4 жыл бұрын

So glad! It helps me too!

Just.bought the book! I'm tired of being stuck.

This was very interesting.

thanks! It helped.

@CynthiaMorris

5 ай бұрын

So glad!

🙏🏽💐 Thank you so much , you are a beautiful soul. I have too many unfinished projects and find myself in the lovely loop, been really trying to get down to why and this has helped me better understand. ♥️

@CynthiaMorris

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Don't be down on yourself; it's hard to finish things. :) Especially if you are an idealist! The idea will always feel better than the final phases.

Am scared to start my project, because I think i will fail, What to do

@CynthiaMorris

4 жыл бұрын

Just start. Don't think. Just take the first small step and see what happens.

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Looks exactly like my plan to write a huge story. Got all characters planned out, created whole another universum And then Have no idea how to play along some parts of the story and writting only one chapter

@CynthiaMorris

3 жыл бұрын

Start with one chapter and let the story lead you. You will go down some false trails but it's not a problem. Better to start and take a circuitous route than to sit on the sidelines wondering and dreaming! You can do it!