五招助你拥有创新思维

Ditch the guilt around talking about yourself too much, and think about how much time you spend talking out loud about your artwork. It can really help to regularly make the effort to speak about what you’ve been working on. There’s a learning curve that comes out of forcing yourself to name things. Set up catch-ups or phone calls with others artists to check in with each other regarding your work. Hopefully these conversations can happen with family and friends or co-workers, and can be used as an artistic compass to check you are on course, on the whole, with making work.
不要愧于过多谈论自己，想想你该花多少时间来“高谈阔论”吧。如此一来有助于重复提起创作进展。当我们迫使自己说出某些事情时，便产生一条学习曲线。就工作进度与同行艺术家保持联系或通话。与家人，朋友及同事之间的对话有望成为艺术指南，从整体上为你的创作进行导航。

If you can name the thing you’re doing, and explain why and describe it well to others, it’s a good sign you’re focused and really engaged with what you’re doing.
假如你说得出手头上的工作，并能够将其清楚地解释给别人听，那么恭喜你，你已经足够专注于你的创作了。

4. Use commute time
4.争分夺秒勤思考

Use the time you’re driving, on the train, or commuting to and from work to your advantage. Read, listen, think, make lists, or mentally check off your progress. I know artists who use commute time to meditate and reflect on themselves, which is another interesting strategy to try. Using commute time means that when you do sit down to create work, you’ve often done the heavy thinking and are ready to dive into the practical, hands-on work. It is an obvious one, but it’s been tried and tested.
充分利用开车，乘车与通勤时间。阅读，聆听，思考，记录与自省。就我所知，一些艺术家往往利用通勤时间进行反思与自省，你不妨也试试看。这样做就意味着当正式工作开始的时候，经过深思熟虑的你能够立马进入状态，投入实际工作。这种方法显而易见，但还是经过了反复多次试验。

5. Don’t underestimate thinking time
5、思考创造价值

When you’re not making artwork, make time to simply think. It seems like many artworks are made after months (or even years) of living inside your own head. Whether you’re at work, walking pets, or doing the dishes, using this time to think hard about your artwork can pay off greatly. You can often surprise yourself with how much you can progress you can make if you clock the thinking hours. Realizing that this was a “thing” was one of the most helpful and insightful lessons I learned as an artist. Thinking time is time well spent.
不创作的时候就思考吧。艺术作品往往要历经数月乃至数年的潜心钻研。利用工作，遛狗，洗碗的时间认真思考艺术创作，你将大有收获。记录下思考时间，再细数取得的进步，恐怕连自己都会震惊。要知道思考对于艺术家而言是受益无穷的必修课。把时间用于思考绝对亏不了。

Try some of these ideas out and see what works (or doesn’t work) for you.
以上小贴士是否对你有效，试试就知道。