Mura

Not sure which of these is yours? You don’t have to pick from the list — describe it to Mura below.

Problems (89)

• Conflicting feedback leaves you lost
• Criticism devastates you and stops you creating
• Everyone else seems more creative than you
• Growing past your mentor's way feels like betrayal
• How do I build a body of work rather than a pile of pieces?
• How do I choose the tradition I'm working inside?
• How do I learn to finish things?
• How do I make from noticing rather than from pressure?
• I tried it once, it went badly — so I'm just not the type?
• Is something lost when all my creative work happens on screens?
• Someone used my work without credit — what do I do?
• The market has shaped your work more than you have
• The reason I stopped is gone. Why haven't I started again?
• Wanting your work to make money kills the joy
• When did I last make something for no reason at all?
• Why can I finish anything but never just play with it?
• Why can't I ever find the idea I had last week?
• Why can't I make something just to make it anymore?
• Why can't I name my own creative influences?
• Why can't I start again after breaking my streak?
• Why Did I Stop Experimenting Once Something Worked?
• Why did my creative practice stop when my accountability partner left?
• Why do I feel behind because I never studied art formally?
• Why do I feel like a fraud with no real artistic tradition behind me?
• Why do I hide where my ideas really come from?
• Why do I keep doing the boring parts and skipping what I love?
• Why do I keep watching creators who make me feel bad?
• Why do I keep working around my broken tools instead of fixing them?
• Why Do I Lose Interest the Moment I Finish Making Something?
• Why do I only study the dead masters, never the living?
• Why do the tools of my craft scare me more than the work itself?
• Why does all my creative work stay stuck in my head?
• Why does setting up and clearing away kill my will to make things?
• Why does trying another art form feel like cheating on who I am?
• Why does trying another creative form feel like betraying my real one?
• Why does typing feel empty compared to writing by hand?
• Why don't I notice creative burnout until it's already bad?
• Why have I never really looked at my own culture's art?
• Why haven't I gone back to it since everything changed?
• You believe you're just not a creative person
• You can't find your own voice or style
• You can't make yourself practice or put in the hours
• You can't promote your own work without feeling desperate
• You can't tell if your work is any good
• You compare your work to others and feel you'll never be good enough
• You consume and study but never actually make
• You don't know where to begin or what medium is yours
• You doubt you have any talent
• You envy other creators' success
• You fear your best work is behind you
• You feel like a fraud calling yourself an artist
• You feel you have nothing to say
• You feel you were supposed to be the talented one
• You feel you're too old to start creating
• You feel your creative work is self-indulgent
• You feel your creativity dried up as you grew up
• You freeze at the very first step
• You gave up on your creative work and regret it
• You have too many ideas and can't focus on one
• You judge everything you make as not good enough
• You keep abandoning things at the first difficulty
• You miss the creative freedom you used to have
• You never fully try, to protect the idea of your potential
• You never have time to make the thing you want to make
• You only make things to impress others
• You revise endlessly and can't trust any choice
• You start projects and never finish them
• You switched mediums but the block came with you
• You wait for inspiration and it never comes
• You wait for perfect conditions to create
• You want to create but you're too afraid to start
• You want to make something meaningful but don't know what
• You want to start the creative practice you keep postponing
• You're afraid of failing at the creative thing you care about
• You're afraid people will see the real you in your work
• You're afraid your work isn't original
• You're blocked and nothing will come
• You're creatively drained or burned out
• You're scared to make your creative work central to your life
• You're stuck in the middle of a big project
• You're terrified to share your work
• You're too scattered and distracted to make anything deep
• You've been told creative work isn't a real pursuit
• You've lost the joy of making things
• Your creative work feels pointless next to the world's problems
• Your day job drains your creative energy
• Your ideas are never as good on the page as in your head
• Your perfectionism stops you from finishing anything
• Your work isn't getting the recognition you hoped

Group sessions (36)

For couples, families, teams, and more — worked through together in a shared group account.

• Are we losing something because all our work happens on screens?Group
• The crisis ended months ago. Why hasn't our group gone back?Group
• We had a streak going, then it broke. How do we start again?Group
• We taught this craft to ourselves. Why does it feel unearned?Group
• We tried it once as a group and decided it wasn't for usGroup
• When a band wants to make music together without fightingBand
• When a creative team is stuck and can't find ideasTeam
• When a family wants to support a member's creative dreamFamily
• When a group of makers wants to beat the blank page togetherGroup
• When a group wants to give each other honest, kind feedbackGroup
• When a group wants to help each other share work with the worldGroup
• When a writing group wants to keep each other goingGroup
• When did we last make something for no reason at all?Group
• When friends want to hold each other to their creative goalsFriends
• When friends want to make a creative project togetherFriends
• When parents want to nurture a child's creativityParents
• Why can I only make things when they're for something?Group
• Why did my practice end when my accountability partner left?Group
• Why did we stop trying new things and just repeat what works?Group
• Why do I feel behind everyone who studied art formally?Group
• Why do I keep watching creators whose work makes me feel small?Group
• Why do I know the dead masters but not one living artist?Group
• Why do our group's best ideas disappear before anyone writes them down?Group
• Why do we all hide where our work really comes from?Group
• Why do we keep tolerating tools that slow the whole team down?Group
• Why do we lose interest the moment something is finished?Group
• Why do we only notice burnout once it's already bad?Group
• Why does everything we make together have to be for something?Group
• Why does my idea stay in my head and never become a real thing?Group
• Why does our group always end up doing the boring parts?Group
• Why does setting up and clearing my workspace wear me out?Group
• Why does the software scare me more than the blank page?Group
• Why does the work feel hollow when it's so easy to make?Group
• Why does trying a new art form feel like cheating on being a writer?Group
• Why don't I know what actually shaped my taste?Group
• Why have I never really explored my own culture's art?Group