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Thereâs also something to be said about collating and curating in the slow writing processâfacts, knowledge, smells, descriptions, stories, passport stamps, headlinesâuntil the collection becomes part of the transformation process. Through acute and critical attention, away from the drive of production, toward the singularity of studying a branch,... See more
Melissa Matthewson ⢠A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing
Creative endeavors are inspiring because the scope of the problem often feels bigger than your capacity to solve it. But because you find that problem so worthwhile, youâre willing to put in the effort required to provide the best solution possible. Through this process, you become a more capable person, which allows you to address more worthwhile... See more
Lawrence Yeo ⢠The Arc of the Practical Creator
From George Saunders, on nuance and embracing complexity:
... See morethe writer doesn't have to have a fixed firm idea, but has to be able to take the reader on a journey to remind her that the world is complicated. From the very beginning, I understood writing to be about some kind of moral or ethical imperative. Absent that, I'm not that interested in it,
In our society, the spaces for adults to play are mostly constrained, for example, to sports, or going to the pub. And opportunities to live a life of imagination are reserved for exceptionally privileged people, like designers, actors, artists and film directors. This lack of imagination in our lives is an existential risk for society and... See more
Medium ⢠Rewilding the Imagination
Increasingly, the work that stand out will be more raw and incomplete (because â by definition â new ideas havenât been optimized becauseâŚthey are new).
Eno explains:
"[On one end, you have] auto-tune that perfectly puts music into tuneâŚwhich is sort of flawless and faultless. [In contrast, the other side] is clumsy, awkward, crude and unfinished... See more
Eno explains:
"[On one end, you have] auto-tune that perfectly puts music into tuneâŚwhich is sort of flawless and faultless. [In contrast, the other side] is clumsy, awkward, crude and unfinished... See more
loving the process
Natalie Audelo and ⢠151 cards
What we are trying to do influences what becomes salient to us. If you are looking for a friend in a crowd, faces become salient to you, faces that would have otherwise passed you by. If you are making videos, you will notice patterns in the videos you watch. If youâre not, you can watch a thousand videos and have them pass through your head
... See moreHenrik Karlsson ⢠How MrBeast Learns
Creativity, Tinker likes to say, is a function of the âlibrary in your head.â âWhen you sit down to create somethingâŚwhat you create is a culmination of everything youâve seen and done previous to that point.â What you pour out is a culmination of everything youâve filled up on previous to that point.
"I cannot find any patience for those people who believe that you start writing when you sit down at your desk and pick up your pen and finish writing when you put down your pen again; a writer is always writing, seeing everything through a thin mist of words, fitting swift little descriptions to everything he sees, always noticing.
Just as I... See more
Just as I... See more