CREATIVITY
This content does not come from inside us. The Source is out there. A wisdom surrounding us, an inexhaustible offering that is always available.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
There are two types of people making stuff: content creators and artists .
Both are creative. But there is one distinct difference: Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Artists are not.
Both are creative. But there is one distinct difference: Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Artists are not.
- Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Creators are trying to get a good-enough cut, a performant-enough ad, or an
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I’m the conduit.
I’m the human voice.
But the source lies elsewhere.
I can’t compel the work to appear.
I can’t make the goddess deliver.
I can’t bribe her, or coerce her, or grovel before her, or make her any pledges or promises that will induce her to do what I wish.
I can only invoke her.
I’m the human voice.
But the source lies elsewhere.
I can’t compel the work to appear.
I can’t make the goddess deliver.
I can’t bribe her, or coerce her, or grovel before her, or make her any pledges or promises that will induce her to do what I wish.
I can only invoke her.
Steven Pressfield • A Prayer to the Muse
The Muse and where ideas come from. Pressfield believes in a higher creative force, a goddess who sends artists their ideas. In his view, inspiration doesn’t come from the subconscious but “from somewhere else.” Many artists describe the Muse in a similar way. He begins every workday with the same prayer from Homer’s Odyssey to invite this Muse in.
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The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius , Andreasen, Nancy C. - Amazon.com
amazon.comWhen you’re working, there’s so much self-loathing. Everyone feels like their stuff is awful. When I was at CalArts I was studying painting—I’m a terrible painter—but I remember there’s a stage of a painting that just looks like a mess and then all of a sudden it becomes a painting. Movies are like that too. Magically it starts to take shape. Now I
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