E28: Get More Art Done By Mastering... Your Energy!

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This is The Twenty Eighth Episode of the Visual Scholar Podcast - With Tim Mcburnie.
Let's talk about the importance of Energy for your productivity! (As opposed to focusing only on Time)
Below is in Automagically generated summary so you can check out the content and also to help with search functionality! (These are not bad at summing it all up... and actually this one in particular was pretty good!)
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Navigating the artistic journey involves more than just managing time; it's about understanding and harnessing energy. As artists, we often find ourselves overwhelmed with various tasks, from creating art to handling social media, which can dilute our focus and sap our motivation. This video delves into the crucial distinction between time and energy, offering insights into how recognizing this difference can significantly enhance productivity and enjoyment in our artistic endeavours.
Energy, in this context, is not just about physical stamina but encompasses motivation, inspiration, and mental clarity. When we have high energy, tasks seem less daunting, and our focus sharpens, allowing us to accomplish more with a sense of fulfilment. Conversely, low energy can make even simple tasks feel burdensome, leading to procrastination and a lack of progress.
Understanding our energy levels throughout the day and aligning tasks accordingly can lead to more effective work sessions. High-energy periods are ideal for tackling demanding creative tasks, while lower energy times can be suited for more mundane or automatic tasks, like admin work or simple rendering. This strategic allocation of tasks not only increases productivity but also ensures we're working in harmony with our natural rhythms, leading to a more satisfying and sustainable creative practice.
Moreover, the concept of energy efficiency in art-making challenges the one-size-fits-all productivity advice often found in business-oriented literature. As artists, our work requires a nuanced approach that respects the ebb and flow of creative energy. By adopting a mindset that prioritizes energy management over mere time management, we position ourselves to make the most of our artistic talents and opportunities.
This episode aims to inspire a shift in how we perceive our workloads and schedules, encouraging artists to think critically about energy, focus, and the unique demands of creative work. By understanding and applying these concepts, we can transform our artistic routines into more joyful, productive, and fulfilling experiences.
Remember, it's not about finding more time but making better use of our energy to enhance our creative output and enjoyment of the process. Let's redefine productivity in terms of energy and focus, creating art that resonates with our deepest motivations and aspirations.
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This Podcast is designed to help you demystify the world of Art, Productivity, and Creativity. So you can get better faster, and enjoy your Art Journey. We discuss Drawing, Painting, Illustration and Entertainment Design. Along with Productivity and Career Advice.
The Visual Scholar Podcast is designed to help you demystify the world of Art, Productivity, and Creativity. So you can get better faster, and enjoy your Art Journey.
We discuss Drawing, Painting, Illustration and Entertainment Design. Along with Productivity and Career Advice.
Find Visual Scholar as an Audio Podcast Here:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6VbdwbiZqy8nqb90ruKQCX?si=21b9c1d02c85419f
Show homepage on The Drawing Codex:
www.thedrawingcodex.com/podcasts/the-visual-scholar
Learn more about Tim Mcburnie:
Learn Drawing and Illustration at The Drawing Codex: www.thedrawingcodex.com
Check out The Drawing Codex RU-vid Channel:
/ @thedrawingcodex
Portfolio: www.timmcburnie.com
www.artstation.com/tim-mcburnie
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10 фев 2024

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@3dchick 3 месяца назад

As a writer, it's 100% the same thing you described. I think it has to do with decision fatigue setting in. Our creative brains are making 100s of decisions, even when we're not aware, and studies show people have a finite amount of decision making in us per day. We may be in flow and not be feeling it, but we're drained when we rejoin the world. That's definitely when to take out the garbage, do the dishes, etc. And i find those kind of mindless, repetitive tasks are fantastic for recharging. If i get stuck, I'll often go wash the dishes, and often I get unstuck afterwards. Thanks for another great one!

@leviolson1979 5 месяцев назад

I’ve been doing busy work in the mornings to save my afternoon time for art and it’s NOT been working. Also been flitting about for twenty months…and been depressed most of the time. Also, you went over every mistake I’ve been making that’s been making life difficult. The corrections/readjustments are gold. When I apply what you tell me, I start to breathe easier. You’re speaking to my experience in a meaningful and detailed way and I truly appreciate your work here! Thanks, Tim.

@thecat_iswatching 5 месяцев назад

Hey Tim, once more you've hit the nail on the head. I've watched this video twice over - the second time I doodled (weaved the basket) as I listened XD I found that I have been intuitively doing as you recommended, which feels great to know I'm doing things well. My mornings are definitely where I find myself more focused. What I've also found is that my mind has two ways of functioning. The high focus/high energy like you mentioned - but also curiosity (as I call it). My most curious times are early mornings and evenings. When the world feels a little quieter. Unfortunately, it doesn't always correlate with my energy or focus. By the evenings I'm a little tired, yawning, getting distracted - but I am very curious. So, I tend to use evenings to do exploration, stream of consciousness. I might even do some linework while discovering new music. Write random dialogue that's been stuck in my head. Whatever thoughts feel like they need to see a physical page, but not necessarily the next morning. Ultimately evenings are for discovering and letting loose, mornings are for cultivating and afternoons are for functioning as a human XD Chores, responsibilities, socialising.

@arijruwaii 3 месяца назад

I think the task you listed are spot on. I still find coloring/painting difficult because my natural instinct goes to painting details but that’s something I need to learn to fix a bit. I appreciate hearing from a fellow creative an appreciation of how difficult it is to come up and build on an idea. It is very difficult mind work that is not as straightforward as other forms of work

@anayacrouch670 5 месяцев назад

This topic was really helpful to hear about. You put into words a process in which I have engaged with intuitively, but often doubted the validity and effectiveness of the malleable nature of my process of working. Hearing you speak on this makes me feel much more confident in allowing myself to create a more responsive routine as opposed to something that is incredibly rigid. Trying to uphold the expectation of working in a particular order no matter what often creates situations in which feel as though I have failed, and can end up creating a domino effect of "failure". So thank you for sharing your thoughts on this topic! Always extremely enlightening.

@0ia 5 месяцев назад

Enjoyed it. Hearing you talk about this stuff is cool. Tim, you mentioned "high focus" and "low focus" tasks, and I thought it may be interesting for me to note that my paradigm is different. There are "abstract" tasks in which being very tired is a great benefit. This is like how Thomas Edison fell asleep with lead balls in his hands so he would wake up just as he would fall asleep, to make use of this abstract brain. I use this for specific divergent creative tasks. There are also high concentration, intellectual tasks, and those are practically "high focus" tasks. Whenever someone tells me they don't have the time to do something, it's often them really meaning "I don't have the energy to." I always try to make that distinction, because when something is really meaningful and we have energy, we *make* time. When I was in high school, I used to wake up early so I could do my self education in fun hobbies first, burn out the energy, then go into zombie mode for the time I didn't have control over. Hm, if there was no mandatory schooling, I would be much better at so many things, and I would have built up a better habit of being productive with a majority of my time. Oh well. I personally need to have a better relationship with the process of creating and this whole "artist" thing. A better relationship with myself, my thoughts, and my memories. Thanks a lot for the pod. And nice hair :)

@dertethra 5 месяцев назад

Perfect timing, I actually restruckture my routine at my office job, so for me this is podcast gold🎉 Thank you, Tim ❤

@francoismahr 5 месяцев назад

All those years of multitasking and getting so few done 🤦🏻‍♂️. I am really making myself shifting to focused tasks one after another and not mixing them in a single day. I work on my comic book only on weekends and layering work on the story little by little. Thanks anyway for this video, at least I learned one thing, avoid multitasking!