TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme:

And it was confusing and frustrating, and I think I was sort of feeling a little sorry for myself. Which I’m not into, because I generally don’t feel bad for myself.

I believe you make your own breaks, and you just work hard, and you shut the fuck up. I think you put your head down when things are getting hard, and you work more. Take the trash out if you feel sorry for yourself. Do some dishes, do your own laundry. I don’t think you necessarily have to do artistic work in that moment. What you need to do is work your way through it.

He said that in the context of suffering through surgery and three months’ of recovery in bed, and he had lost his love for making music, but I think it applies to anyone who creates things.

There’s times when you simply aren’t feeling creative, that spark—and as a result, you spend time not working, and start to feel even worse about it.