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The Subtle Art of Showing Up
The artist is always on call. Even after we get up from hours engaged in our craft, the clock is still running. This is because the artist’s job is of two kinds: The work of doing. The work of being. Creativity is something you are, not only something you do. It’s a way of moving through the world, every minute, every day.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Epiphanies are hidden in the most ordinary of moments: the casting of a shadow, the smell of a match igniting, an unusual phrase overheard or misheard. A dedication to the practice of showing up on a regular basis is the main requirement.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
To live as an artist is a way of being in the world. A way of perceiving. A practice of paying attention.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The antidote to burnout and the existential inquiry it brings seems to be doing things that don’t scale in pursuit of things that can’t scale. It becomes exciting not to see what you can do without limits, but to see what you can do with them.
Anu Atluru • Pursuits That Can’t Scale
Let’s call it art. The human act of doing something that might not work, something generous, something that will make a difference. The emotional act of doing personal, self-directed work to make a change that we can be proud of.