Over-creating
I took several versions of the Lisianthus flowers, all against a black background. It's a challenge to save the highlights of the white petals AND save the shadows of the dark backdrop. There are compromises. But eventually, a color has to sit beside another color. A photograph has to leave my mind's vision and make it's way onto the page. Making something is a way to make a decision; it closes the loop of endless thoughts. This feels good. It lets my mind rest. Because not every problem is a life or death choice.
I love this take from Ayushi Thakkar on how over creating can help calm over thinking:
over creating helps because volume lowers the emotional stakes.
one unfinished paragraph can feel like evidence of failure when it is the only paragraph. ten attempts become practice. one abandoned idea can haunt a person for months. a folder full of fragments feels more like a working mind. the overthinker tends to make every act carry too much meaning, so creating more spreads the meaning out. each attempt stops being a referendum on talent and becomes one item in a larger body of evidence.