Drawing, Photography, Stray Scrolls Rustam Kurbanly Drawing, Photography, Stray Scrolls Rustam Kurbanly

Art Block - Really?!

Keep Creating.
In an ideal world the answer is simple: Keep Creating.
OK. We are not leaving in an ideal world. This is why you’d say, wait, man. What do you mean by ‘keep creating’? The art block is about NOT being able to create!
Yep… But still, the answer is — keep creating.

When more and more people started talking about experiencing art block, it caught my interest. I decided to get to the root of it.

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The Cat – Or a One-Sided Coin

Every cat I served, and continue to serve, was and is The Cat. But that cat was the one that actually had the patience and willingness to teach me things about cats. And when, on many occasions, I failed to understand his kind, when I also failed him and let him down - he, however, never left me. He continued to teach me about cats. He was old, 12...14 years of age, when we met. Maybe he knew he didn't have much time left, and I was the only one who followed him.

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A Natural Creation With a Healthy Kidney

I’m not one of those who wake up at night to check their IG feed... or FB… or Twitter… Sorry - X. I don’t sit on the toilet half-awake, half-asleep, squinting at my phone, struggling to see through blurry, sleepy eyes how many likes a selfie with a giraffe’s balls—or wait, was it an elephant’s?—received in the last three minutes.

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Sweet Cookie In Between

When Cookie was just two months old, he jumped and broke both his hind legs. The X-rays showed transparent bones—severe calcium deficiency at its best. Nasty stuff. No one could pinpoint what was wrong since the X-rays failed to reveal the fractures. However, I was certain his bones were broken. I knew it. I just knew.

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Gear Doesn't Matter - Just Start Creating

I'm sure you can find a gazillion videos on YouTube covering gear. Any gear. Half of them argue that gear does matter, and the other half claims it doesn’t. I'm not here to add another brick to the enormous wall of time-wasting with this article. I just want to share my personal approach to the 'gear' topic and the goals that guide my choices. My approach is very personal and subjective, and I’m not claiming it's the only right one. I don't believe in a 'one-size-fits-all' solution.

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