Anna Schmunk
@annaschmunk
Anna Schmunk
Creating for personal growth over audience approval, and why remixing existing ideas matters more than pure originality
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But anyway, that's just a side tangent to say I do believe we should be making things not just for our audience. Even if we are sharing it with an audience, I feel like it's very worth it to keep a pulse on what you need right now and then giving yourself what you need through what you're making.
So like, if you need spontaneity in your life, making
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Letting go of pressure to be original, valuing unoriginal ideas, and living questions amid novelty-obsessed, AI-driven culture.
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I've been that person. And I've heard from a lot of people that are kind of moving through these fears of being seen as unoriginal. And it makes sense if you think of what our society usually values and sees as productive. Like we live in obviously a very individualistic society that centers these stories of hero worship.
And like constant economic
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