Creativity isn’t a mood. It’s what you do with whatever mood you’re in.

Waiting to feel creative puts the work at the mercy of weather you do not control. The usable definition is practical, namely what you do with the state you are actually in, whether that is tired, irritable, flat or cheerful. Each of those makes different work possible, and a low day often produces something more honest than a bright one. The feeling is an input, not a permit.

Work on something this week on a day you do not feel like it, twenty minutes only. Let the mood show up in the piece rather than hiding it. Compare it later with a good day.