Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 07, 2009

Every writer I know has the Calvin and Hobbes strip about the writer’s block up on their fridge. Betcha I start seeing this one in the kitchens of my artist friends.

Then there is Snoopy’s “It was a dark and stormy night” episode.

I have to stop staring at that canvas. I keep seeing shapes appearing.

SF, try a slightly different dosage, or a different supplier of acid…

He could just splatter paint all over the canvas and hope for the best.

Or leave it as is and call it Brand New White Board or The Slate Wiped Clean.

Creative block… story of my life.

Self portrait, Wiley? LOL

I’ve heard LSD used to do the trick.

Turn the canvas upside down to get a totally new perspective.

Can’t anyone see that artwork? Why it’s beautiful!

Pope Gregory didn’t buy that one from Michelangelo, either.

My favorite example of a writer’s block reference is an actual article published in the Fall 1974 issue of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis. My research methods professor in in the graduate program for library and information science at the Univ. of S. Florida shared this with the class in 1988.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1311997&pageindex=1

The comment program here didn’t make this a hot link so you will need to cut and paste. It is worth a look. Particularly the reviewer’s comments at the bottom of the page. Yes, this is a REAL journal in the field of psychology.

That’s wonderful DGoosE! Thank you.

As someone who has suffered this rather annoying syndrome, I can totally relate…

Absolutely, Reynard61. Only in my case it’s the blank page on the computer screen. If you stare at it long enough the little pixels start their mocking dance. (And this is minus the benefit of LSD. ;) )

DGooseE–I checked it out, and if I want a PDF file of it, it will contain 43K bits. That seems like a lot for that little bit. Still, I had to smile when I saw the article. Clever!

take his canvas to kindergarten