There are lots of options when stuck like this. Do I try a completely different media this time? Do I play with a different structure? Do I make small, more simple things? Do I work on parrot pieces, just because they are parrots? Or cats? Or dogs? Or, do I do nothing and see if it passes? That seems to be the worst idea. Not having a firm subject is both interesting and stressful, Interesting because the possibilities are endless. Stressful because the possibilities are endless. My hands are itching to sew beads and threads into something...but what? Time and more effort will tell. Trusting that something good will come along is difficult, but some of my favorite pieces have followed ugly dry spells, so I do see that there is light at the end of every creative tunnel.
As always, I try to solve problems by looking for new strategies and ways to approach them. Today I found this helpful list of 7 Types of Creative Blocks (and What to Do About Them). Next, I found a list of ten ideas for getting going taken from a book of 90 such thoughts called Breakthrough: 90 Proven Strategies to Overcome Creative Block and Spark Your Imagination by Alex Cornell. Snagged a used hardback copy of that one from Amazon for a penny, so I am not holding out too much hope. But, you never know. All it takes is one good strategy and I am off and running. This site by Mark McGuinness is interesting because it focuses on drawing as the way to get going through a block. To stop and look. I like that idea, but haven't brought my drawing together with my textiles...yet...oh this plot is a thick one. Finally, here is an interesting page of thoughts on getting unstuck by Iris Shoor at Lifehacker.
Onward!