When we sit down to create, we want our best selves to show up. Worry and rumination are imagination run amock. Your overactive imagination has veered into self-flagellation, which produces anxiety. You may look at your screenplay or rough cut of your film and say, “Is my work any good? Am I fooling myself? Is this a bad idea? Am I useless?” You’ve probably felt a bit of anxiety, and maybe even panic. Still, as a creative, I’m sure that right before you type "fade in" or call "Action!" on the set of a film you are directing, you’ve had your fair share of doubts, concerns, and second-guessing. Now, you may not have suffered a lifetime of anxiety and OCD, which produce the fun mental ruminations above, as I have. Welcome to my anxious internal horror movie. They can happen in a split second, while I’m moving through my day-sharp, quick, bloody, violent visions that make me question my sanity. These imaginings are not part of my healthy creative process. Or uncontrollably picking up a knife in the kitchen and stabbing anyone nearby. I imagine my dog dying a horrible death that I have no power to stop, or a car blazing through a red light and T-boning another car as I wait at an intersection. Neglected imagination can lead to anxiety, and we don’t want that. You see, imagination can be out of control if not harnessed and disciplined. You smile, you laugh life is good.Īs Stephen King states in his interview with The Writer's Digest, “The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising." Your endorphins begin to pump through your system-beautiful images of your soon-to-be film life dance across your mind screen. The plot, although uncertain, seems to take you where it needs to go. Your story is clicking, and the characters tell YOU what they should say. Getting lost in creative imagination can be intoxicating, like when you are in an amazing writing flow, pumping out words that seem perfect. Without it, we would not have electricity, television, the internet, books, movies, or art. 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures My imagination is a real strength of mine, and I believe all artists have an incredibly potent imagination muscle. Anything can trigger these insights: a conversation, a news article, an interaction with nature, something that pops up in my meditation, or just some warped thought. I sit in my office and conjure up all sorts of crazy and unique ideas for my projects: apocalyptic scenarios and serial killers. This post was written by Christopher Glatis.Īs a filmmaker, that’s kind of my job.
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