The creative block is here.
I really talk about “blocks” in creativity when it comes to reading or writing. I cannot finish a book or I cannot finish writing a piece. Those feelings are valid and true even when you are the only one stopping yourself. The new frontier, for me, is combining both the feelings of art and research. Well, I have hit the researcher’s block.
There is a little site on the internet called the Internet Archive. I highly encourage everyone to at least see the library of what they offer. Earlier in the month, someone launched a DDOS attack on the site, making the public lose access to tons of data only found on the Internet Archive. This for me was a pinnacle moment. Libraries do not keep access to weird art, they keep access to what is most circulated and what will be most circulated. A “dead” art movement might be the first thing gone. When I saw the Internet Archive was down, I sat down with my advisors on this project and asked what I could do.
The answer? Wait.
After the month of October, I can finally log in. This was impossible yesterday when I checked on the site. The writing and recording of artists all around the globe are now back. I still wonder if I am in that creative block still. I only found out about the log in a minute ago. I still cannot explain the pouring of emotion over me. My job is back, but do I dive back in or wade in the waters?