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Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
For me, creativity isn’t born when everything is tidy and separate. It comes from cross-pollination, unexpected combinations, and head-on collisions between things that don’t necessarily go together
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
My eyes, having seen everything, returned to the white chrysanthemum
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
But purpose—purpose is a white-hot fire inside of you, a self-delusion that keeps you coming back into the room to work decade after decade, knowing that you'll never get it right, but that the next day might get you a little bit closer...
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
It comes from cross-pollination, unexpected combinations, and head-on collisions
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
creativity isn’t neat and linear. it definitely doesn’t come from rigid definitions. anything precious is self conscious and kills creativity.
All grumbling is tantamount to ‘Oh, why is a lily not an oak?
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
if a painting doesn’t work, quit. pivot. there is no point in forcing something to take the shape of something it isn’t.
Creativity is born of limitations, not freedom
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
abundance and freedom does not guarantee creative spurts. instead, an artist must be able to trust their memory. do first.
There is great poetry and power in repetition, in doing the same thing over, and over, and over, and over again.
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
on the power of persistence. on art, as purpose, and not bursts of inspiration
“The only way to be a painter is to make paintings. That means not doing other stuff.”
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
Because art is a lie, he says.
But art will also save the world. He says that too.
But art will also save the world. He says that too.
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
I wonder what ‘art’ means