Remove the pressure. It’s easy to get caught up in an our own ideas of what we think we should be creating, or what our work should look like. Comparison to others can get us caught in the trap of trying to make our work “good enough”. Shaking off those expectations and giving yourself permission to produce without purpose might lead to new creative discoveries.

Add restrictions. Limitless possibilities can be overwhelming. Sometimes adding rules and parameters when creating a piece can help us think outside the box to and come up with ideas we might not have thought of initially. This turns on the problem-solving part of our brain and forces us to come up with a solution.