Hi John, That's a difficult question to answer. I imagine the fizzling out of creativity has a lot of different causes. Sometimes people are the victims of their own success, I think. They feel pressure to top the last project, they overthink, their egos or emotions get in the way, they begin to take the Muse for granted. Sometimes they lose the hunger. For me, creativity is more like a channel that I have to sit down and get in tune with. I wake up with so many of my best ideas, or they'll hit me like a lightning bolt while I'm outside walking. They definitely don't feel like my brain is consciously coming up with them. If I'm depressed, distracted, or distraught the ideas just don't come. In terms of stopping or slowing down—I've tried a few times and it just doesn't work for me. I end up feeling depressed or as if I'm not living life to its full potential if I stop creating too long. It's been a real challenge for me here as my engagement has dwindled over the past couple of years. So many of the people I began with here have left and the platform's tastes seem to have shifted. Long story short, I'll keep writing as long as I can. I may decide to shift my blog to my website at some point but for now it'll continue to live here on Hive. Thanks!
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