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Martha Graham on the Hidden Danger of Comparing Yourself to Others
It’s easier to recognize beauty than it is to create it. You’re good enough to know that what you’re doing isn’t good, but not good enough to produce something great. When you find yourself in this frustrating limbo, the challenge is to never forget what got you there in the first place. Remember that thing that got you into the game.
Your love. You... See more
Your love. You... See more
James Clear • Ira Glass and What Every Successful Person Knows, but Never Says
The danger is in using someone else’s ruler to measure your art.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is ... See more
Creativity is blocked when we focus on ourselves, especially when we compare and compete. The more we see, feel, and promote our short self, the more we’re isolated from the very source of creative energy. The blockage comes from our myopia, and our inability to see and feel the vitality of the world around us.