Collecting and Creating
The learning space and resilience feel like frustration. The more you can tolerate the learning space between not knowing and knowing, the more you create resilience. (Summary)
What I really want to know is: why do you care? You could have spent your time knitting a pair of mittens or petting your cat or eating a whole tube of Pringles. Why did you do this instead? What kind of sicko closes the YouTube tab and types 10,000 words into a Google doc? What’s wrong with you? If you show me that—implicitly, explicitly, I don’t
... See moreMaking art is painful because it forces the mind to do something it’s not meant to do. If you really want to get that sentence right, if you want that perfect brush stroke or that exquisite shot, then you have to squeeze your neurons until they scream. That level of precision is simply unnatural.
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightly-ru
... See moreIntuition is pattern recognition
Our brains are absorbing information all the time, even when we’re not actively aware of it. When a designer instinctively knows how to balance a layout or a musician improvises a melody, they’re pulling from an internalized library of patterns built over time. That’s why experienced creatives can make decisions fast
... See moreWhat’s the idea that scares you the most?
The one that feels too raw, too ambitious, too much? That’s the one you need to start today.
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” (Gospel of Thomas, 70)
Metalabel - (Biz Idea)
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"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski