Tag: procrastination

Back to the War of Art: Resistance and Procrastination

“Procrastination is the most common manifestation of Resistance because it’s the easiest to rationalize. We don’t tell ourselves, ‘I’m never going to write my symphony.’ Instead we say, ‘I am going to write my symphony; I’m just going to start tomorrow.'”~Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

Don’t you just love that thought? Sounds like the stories my brain tells my inner-child-artist. Yes I’m totally going to get my stuff together and paint, but maybe just not right now. Today I have this, and I have that, and those things. Tomorrow is going to be THE day.

Yeah, right.

Is Procrastination Resistance? Uh, Yeah

Sorting out the hows and whys of dodging Mr. Resistance has become a full time job. I wish I could say painting is my full time job, but that’d be a stretch considering I spend plenty of time resisting it.

Weird, right? But so it is.

Surfing the idiot net today in search of inspiration, and using that excuse, I found this wonderful cartoon on the Hyperallergic.com site titled Is Procrastination Productive? Funny how my daily schedule is just like this cartoon, art vs anything other than art. It’s ridiculous, but it’s the truth in it that makes this hilarious.

Guess it’s not just me? Heh heh.

Productive Procrastination by Lauren Purje
It’s not like you’re doing nothing.