A creative vocation is like running barefoot through a field of mud. It's a hell of a lot of fun. But, if you run for long enough, you're bound to slip and get stuck. Your natural reaction to getting stuck is to do everything you possibly can to get unstuck. Usually, this looks something akin to you fighting and struggling and panicking and attempting to move as fast you were moving prior to getting stuck.

You get unstuck from creative block the same way you get unstuck from quicksand: with small, thoughtful movements. These tiny, purposeful gestures create space for your limbs, allowing you to pull them free. Creativity functions in the same way. Small movements allow room for the creativity to open up, expand and set itself free.

Next time you're stuck, try to create something small every day for a month: draw a single sketch, take a single picture, write a single sentence, brainstorm a single idea. As the days and the weeks pass by, you will notice your creativity feeling less constrained. You will finally be able to breathe.