How do you start making meaningful art again after a long break?

Coming back to your creative work after a hiatus is hard. Whether you have been having another career for a number of years or just got off track for a while, it is hard to re-enter.

If it has been a short amount of time you can sort of pick up a thread from before. Which can be challenging if there is no energy there.

But if it has been a while you may need to give yourself space to be in the not knowing because so much has changed, your values and interests might have changed, your aesthetic might be different.

It is hard and it is worth it.

You have lived a lot of life and the creative process is so great for helping you process the learning that you have been in.

How do you know how to start, how to enter?

This is my suggestion: Start with easy small things. Throw away art, or doodles. Get things lubricated by letting yourself be drawn to what you enjoy, what you find compelling right now.

​The magic that happens is that when you have made a few of these things your creative immagination starts to kick in and pretty soon bigger ideas are calling for your attention.