Authenticity

What does it mean for something to be 'authentic'?

How Rick Rubin and Kanye West make groundbreaking creative work.

“I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me or my logic systems. It's about allowing yourself to be yourself.”

–Frank Ghery

Alara

Compulsion. I think about that word a lot. I believe that all of us, carelessly walking about planet earth, are intrinsically compelled to do something . It’s in our nature, in the shape of our soul. To excel, to truly be the best, I think it’s crucial to spend time thinking about what that is. Because if you do something other than that, you’re... See more

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the path to excellence is aligning what you do with who you are. Lean in, or better still, dive in, headfirst. The first step is to look inward and think deeply about who you are and what you’re made to do.

make decisions using our own creative values, not “industry standards.” We design our work and worlds from our best intentions, not our worst fears.

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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

— Albert Camus

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After Authenticity

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Keely Adler

A big breakthrough for me – life as a whole – came when I figured out that making solid progress on creative work, and enjoying the process rather than hating it, is in large part a matter of being willing to be who you actually are.

sari

Make stuff only you can make. Stuff that makes you sigh in resignation after waiting for someone else to make happen so you can enjoy it, and realizing that’s never going to happen so you have to get off the couch and do it yourself

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