conversational creativity

i cannot overstate how big the difference is between

a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and

b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps

I find for myself that my first thought is never my best thought. My first thought is always someone else’s; it’s always what I’ve already heard about the subject, always the conventional wisdom. It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea.

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if your work is solely driven by how people respond to it, you’ll create something popular but soulless

if it’s driven by how you feel about it, you’ll create something potent but obscure

but if your work is a dialogue between self & world, it can be both resonant & true

Stop watching, start participating

The highest return on art is not money but myth.

No one ever begins anything, except by grace. To sin means to think that one can begin something oneself. We never start anything; we always respond.

— René Girard