I have been basking in the eerie glow of my laptop screen, my mind as blank as the glowing screen before me.
Like the taps at Cape Town, my creative tap that occasionally drips a trickle of quirky tales has – to my dismay – dried up.
I am oddly reminded of Father’s bike that used to refuse to kick start on a cold winter morning.
I panic at a fleeting thought of ‘Day Zero’ – when my creative tap would dry out for good.
I wonder if I must choose to alternate cooking on odd days and engage the even ones in keeping up the connect between the creative tap and the well that churns mundane imperfections into bizarre tales.
I give up the idea at the thought of the husband and son enjoying greasy takeaways.
I wonder if Little Princess, who, I realize, has been frighteningly occupied, could shake up the dormant creative well.
She is seen creating ‘beauty’ in her room, that, for some strange reason appears as ‘mess’ to my eyes.
I wonder if this is what the ‘generation gap’ is all about.
Could it be old age setting in?
Just before launching into a careful scrutiny of my face for lines or worse – wrinkles, we clean up the creative mess and try something safer – coloring rabbits blue and the skies pink.
Luckily, lines and crow’s feet that are official markers to aging are yet to make an appearance and realization has dawned that creativity has little to do with age.
I am back behind the blank screen, my creative connection still undone.
I am beginning to empathize with the plumber who has failed to show up even after multiple calls to mend a dripping tap. Today, I love dripping taps.
While I am off on a quest for creative inspiration, let me know what you think of this one.
Dear Friends, Wishing you all a happy Sunday. My heartiest wishes to all those who are celebrating their New Year.
It happenes to the best of writers too. Just keep trying. You’ll pull through soon.
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Thank you, Pradita, I hope so too!
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😊😊
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It happens everyone, I think. However, it is a temporary thing. Keep trying as Pradita rightly said, you could come out of it.
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Thank you for the encouraging words, Vasu, It means a lot. Hope all this encouragement gives way to a tap that soon trickles a steady run of creative ideas.
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You’re welcome
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Yes, your tap is not running dry, you just need to adjust the valve to increase the flow ! 🙂
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🙂 I suppose so too, Megala.
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take a break, dear, let go off that tap! maybe the rain clouds themselves have gone dry; give it time, let the well well up; it will; it must. in the meantime, color the rabbit yellow and the sky black……… you’ll get ideas!
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Trust me, Doctor, I have just being doing that. The delay in the response to your comment is due to that too. I have kept away for a whole week. Hope that was enough time.
Thank you so very much, Doctor.
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It just comes in once in a while.
But you did write this post, so..
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It sure does, to make itself seen more than it is usually seen!
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I don’t think the tap has run dry for you. Maybe something has clogged the pipes but the tank is quite full. I mean, if you can write about your creative slump in such a creative fashion, you are just mistaken about the whole affair.
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Haha! Thank you, Vish. I hope so too.
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Good to hear that being in the writing space for long also gets you to creative shutdown mode!! I already feel this with my 3 month experience so far but keep telling myself to think and rethink!! Am sure you’ll get out of this sooner than u think!! I wish that for me too!!
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Thank you very much for the encouraging words. I really hope so too!
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Madam, the tap getting dry in itself is so creatively woven, making it such an interesting read. I am awestruck with the usage of the words that you make use of into your posts to bring out the artistic touch in them turning it to a gem of read. I am sure the tap is taking a short nap of rest to give way to a great flow of emotions….
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Thank you so much, Ravi, for your very encouraging words. It was an attempt to create something out of nothing. Yes, it was a nice nap, a good one that lasted two weeks. I guess it is time for me to get back. With encouragement from people like you it is very difficult not to.
Good day, Ravi
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My pleasure, thank u.
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Marvelous and what a great idea and keep on writing it is so nice. Keep up the flow.
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Yes, sometimes we can even write about not writing and it turns out to be better than all that goes written.;)
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Yes absolutely true and agree totally with your words
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Oops, this has happened to me, too, until I head out for a walk and suddenly find myself grabbing my notebook to jot down an image or thought…I hope your creative tap keeps dripping, your words never fail to evoke a memory or make me smile!
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I am so glad for that, Kim. Yes, I hope so too! I agree that often a walk has helped me too – a solitary one in the park where I am just lost in my thoughts as the mind rakes up thoughts and ideas that have somehow buried itself too deep.
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