In such cases, staying away from work may be a good thing, especially if it allows time for recovery and creative distraction via other, non-work activities.
When I consider that wretched period now, I can see I wasn't enjoying a creative distraction, a vacation from the drudgery of a bad education, but was enduring a tantrum.
Miyazaki was suffering from a bad case of writer's block while creating The Princess of Mononoke and used the project as a creative distraction.
So much so, that the kids who are most likely to be the leaders in tomorrow's world are regularly diagnosed as having a problem (ADHD) and anaesthetized by Ritalin and other drugs in order to force them through an outdated, factory-production-line form of education that bores the most creative to distraction.
He must be able to distinguish between creative and destructive distractions by the sort of taste they leave, whether they feel depleting or fulfilling.
Regardless of the season, spending times in hibernation can create opportunities for healthy distraction, creative production, and reconnection with yourself and others.
There was an omission — grilled calamari arrived with a pleasing salad of white beans, enlivened by lemon and parsley, but the beans were not the white bean hummus promised on the menu — as well as a few extra touches that were meant to be creative but were mere distractions.
We also had our meetings in the hot tub and it gave us a creative space with no distractions to develop the concept for our children's book series Jungle Jam". When Massimiliano Gritti co-founder of men's luxury brand portal Bombinate, feel the stress levels rise, they walk it off.
Treat this time as a creative business -- no distractions, no web surfing, or interruptions from anyone.
On Nov. 30, the glamorous, impetuous Kendall Hart — wife, mother, founder of a highly successful perfume company, woman in despair and one of the lead characters on the ABC soap "All My Children" — decided to try a little creative writing as a distraction from the pain of her husband Zach's sudden (and of course mysterious) disappearance.
