‘Part of my creative process is going insane for 3 hours’: 25 Creative Memes for a Colorful Laughter Crash Course

Melissa Knudson • Writer

Oct 16, 2026 6:00 AM EDT

Feeling a little creative? Don't.

You might not be a full-time creative person, but we've all had our creative phases at least once. Either at school, with the usual colorful, out-of-the-box group projects, or at work with new social media ideas, the creative process touches many areas. Even if creativity is just a constant hobby you go back to now and then, we can all agree that having ideas can be as exciting as it is stressful. We all wish the creative process was a straightforward cycle of going from ideas to final designs, but in reality, it looks a lot more like a roller coaster. Take it from me, even meme ideas can take a turn sometimes.

Because we love it and hate it, and need it desperately in our lives, enjoy this hilarious meme collection about the creative process that will get your creativity flowing, or it will give you just another excuse to continue procrastinating- who knows. My only advice here is to trust the process or, at the very least, make fun of it.

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via Olha Yeremenko
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via Whispering Grass BJD
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via dashnash
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via Joan Robison
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via pikachu
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via Hadez
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via @chaosaeternum
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via Dancing Luna Moth 🌛🌕🌜
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via HeenaAgrima
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via Katherine Eamon
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via DocOTaco
Whenever I start to feel a little too overwhelmed by daily responsibilities and adult commitments, there’s always one friend who suggested I should try to divert some of the thoughts in my mind by engaging in a creative project. Painting mandalas, for example, or getting into knitting. It always sounds like an amazing plan. I’m a very creative person, so I love to spend my weekends with a blank canvas or getting into yet another crafty activity. However, here’s the thing: I don’t need anyone to pressure me; I can do it on my own. So, I undertake a new project usually for fun, because it feels like a bright idea. I have an amazing picture of what this “creative project” should look like in my head. I start to work on it, thinking I’m actually feeling more and more relaxed as I go. Wrong, very wrong. At this point, lines are not straight, and rhymes are not rhyming, and everything slowly starts to go south. After a couple of days, I give up altogether, because my vision is just not translating the way it should. Fast forward a week, and I start feeling stressed again, so guess what? I have the brilliant idea of getting creative once more. In less than a month, I have an endless list of unfinished creative activities waiting for me in the corner of my room. At that point, I give myself an imaginary (yet very strict) deadline, and I end up doing everything the night before, and disliking the results of it all. But, no worries, a year later I will probably find them tucked in some drawer and think to myself, “Wow, it's not as bad as I remember…in fact, it's actually good”. Just press the “repeat” button on this cycle, and you’ve got yourself the actual creative process.
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via Adrian
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via BlueJems
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via Getty Images (Via Henrik5000)n / Diavolo's 3469 death
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via @_ADWills
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via Bobby Nash
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via alisa.is.writing
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via melancholy galaxies
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via lala xx
Now, if this is me in my free time, imagine how bad it gets at work. As a writer, the creative process is my life, which means I’m constantly questioning my own creativity on a daily basis, while also having a lot of doubts about my career path altogether. That said, whenever I don’t have anything creative to do, I completely lose my mind as well. The real “can’t live with or without it”.
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via www.kariencandicekong.com
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via Pramod Kanetkar
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via +.*.｡ﾟ🌀𝓝𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓮🫧.｡*ﾟ+
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via rhea ♱
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via @aconjurewoman
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via @tanya_rrri.art
In any case, keep the creativity flowing and enjoy / suffer the process!