I was playing with my 5 year old son, Joaquin a few weekends ago. We were painting easter eggs together. I had a thought pop up because I wasn’t sure what to paint on the egg. It occurred to me to ask his opinion on creativity and art. “Joaquin, is making art hard?” to which he quickly replied without skipping a beat, “no, dad art is easy!”. Such a simple and direct response from an expert. FYI young children are expert artists, because they have limited grasp on language they use creativity to help them communicate what they are feeling. Which is the basis for all art, its experiential. He is right though. Making art is easy, but what makes it hard is when we think about making it. Have you ever tried to start a piece of art by trying to think about what to make? It’s maddening isn’t it? You just had a great idea on your commute home or in the shower and now it’s gone or at least the feeling behind it is. Whatever led you to that idea has scurried off into the darkness of your mind, seemingly gone forever. So why do we experience these creative dry spells? Why is it almost impossible at times to come up with an idea that gets our blood rushing and brushes ready?