Creativity
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Creativity
Whatever you pay attention to is being fermented by your brain…Every tweet you read, every newspaper you glance at, every show you watch, every email you skim, it’s all feeding your subconscious things to process. And whatever it’s fed, it will ferment into ideas and reactions. So if you want to come up with better ideas, you must get extremely... See more
Nat Eliason • The Art of Fermenting Great Ideas The Art of Fermenting Great Ideas
Monica Lee-Henell, an artist friend of mine, has some great advice on how to use Pinterest. She creates a bunch of boards themed around things she’s drawn to, like landscapes, or portraits, or the color yellow. Then she pins like a crazy person in each of the categories! You might go into this thinking “a portrait is a portrait,” but once you’ve
... See moreLisa Congdon • Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic
Boxes can be fun, but more importantly, they are useful.
Find the best ingredients possible to ferment into great ideas, and aggressively prune everything you don’t want your brain to process. Give your brain the boredom and output time it needs to figure out what to do with that information. Don’t keep opening the jar and packing more into it. Finally, be patient with the process. The more you can... See more
Nat Eliason • The Art of Fermenting Great Ideas The Art of Fermenting Great Ideas
Making great art may not always require great effort, but without it, you’ll never know. If inspiration calls, we ride the lightning until the energy is exhausted. The ride may not last long. But we are grateful for the opportunity. If inspiration does not come to lead the way, we show up anyway.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
But to yell at your creativity, saying, “You must earn money for me!” is sort of like yelling at a cat; it has no idea what you’re talking about, and all you’re doing is scaring it away, because you’re making really loud noises and your face looks weird when you do that.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
Notes on Practice
1. A refusal to allow your audience to typecast you is wise art strategy. Making it difficult for your audience to pin down you or your work is also resonant for longevity.
2. Our creative work, or the roles we play in it, are not defined by the stereotypes society places... See more
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