Sometimes a painter will find inspiration hard to come by, and there are many great techniques that will loosen up the mind and allow the creative juices to flow. For instance I hit myself really hard on the head with my largest paint brush. When I wake up I’m refreshed and ready to work.

One very heavy brush…
When Nate Wright (http://bignate.wikia.com/wiki/Nate_Wright) needs inpiration or soothing, he thumps his head repeatedly with an empty plastic soda bottle…maybe it’s the reverberation of hollow on hollow…? Might be less painful.