{"id":4067,"date":"2010-09-21T07:23:14","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T12:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:13:22","slug":"funk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/21\/funk\/","title":{"rendered":"Funk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like I have been in a creative funk for weeks and I am not sure how to pull myself out.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t pulled out my camera in a week or so.  Fortunately I have some pics of Eva sitting here that are cute so I will share them.<\/p>\n<p>How do you get out of your slumps?  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5008173380\/img_5227.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5227\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4102\/5008173380_680839cf03_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5227\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I know that there are normal waves to ride but I feel like I have been on the downside for a while now and it isn&#8217;t picking back up<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5007565057\/img_5233.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4133\/5007565057_f8790111c4_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5233\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I keep waiting&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5007565291\/img_5237.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5237\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4103\/5007565291_566793bc99_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5237\" width=\"636\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I wonder if a big part of it is just normal family busy-ness<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5007565697\/img_5240.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5240\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4088\/5007565697_5c5dbf5b08_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5240\" width=\"533\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I feel lazy and unmotivated.  Hate that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5007565907\/img_5242.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5242\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4152\/5007565907_97799c49c5_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5242\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I need to get my mojo back<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5007566183\/img_5252.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4133\/5007566183_e17b28d2cf_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5252\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But lately I have felt like all my time is spent just picking up after kids.  Trying to keep the house from falling apart.<\/p>\n<p>Not enough time in the day<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5008174808\/img_5254.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4133\/5008174808_115ede09b7_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5254\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I almost feel like its just a time to recoup- after the weird summer we had<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5008175016\/img_5256.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4113\/5008175016_b674aa4271_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5256\" width=\"585\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And I want to share all about that but I have to wait.  At least a few more months.<\/p>\n<p>Eva with her brothers pop-gun is a crack-up.  Here is the face she makes when it pops<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5007566741\/img_5260.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4133\/5007566741_d8fe4c99ae_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5260\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>So for now I am riding the wave, knowing that eventually creativity will resurface<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5008175438\/img_5262.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5262\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4125\/5008175438_df99273afb_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5262\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It always does.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5008175622\/img_5277.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5277\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4133\/5008175622_7408894ec9_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5277\" width=\"496\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like I have been in a creative funk for weeks and I am not sure how to pull myself out. I haven&#8217;t pulled out my camera in a week or so. Fortunately I have some pics of Eva sitting here that are cute so I will share them. How do you get out of your slumps? I know that there are normal waves to ride but I feel like I have been on the downside for a while now and it isn&#8217;t picking back up I keep waiting&#8230;.. I wonder if a big part of it is just normal family busy-ness I feel lazy and unmotivated. Hate that. I need to get my mojo back But lately I have felt like all my time is spent just picking up after kids. Trying to keep the house from falling apart. Not enough time in the day I almost feel like its just a time to recoup- after the weird summer we had And I want to share all about that but I have to wait. At least a few more months. Eva with her brothers pop-gun is a crack-up. Here is the face she makes when it pops So for now I am riding the wave, knowing that eventually creativity will resurface It always does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[184],"class_list":["post-4067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-creative-funk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21169,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions\/21169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}