creativity
Wanting to outperform another artist or make a work better than theirs rarely results in true greatness. Nor is it a mindset that has a healthy impact on the rest of our lives. As Theodore Roosevelt pointed out, comparison is the thief of joy. Besides, why would we want to create with the purpose of diminishing someone else?
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Gemma ▼ 𝒜 𝑀𝒜𝒩𝐼𝐹𝐸𝒮𝒯𝒪
⍟ Every creative act begins with a yes.
⍟ Curation transforms creation into a social experience.
⍟ We are here to create an echo around that yes.
⍟ We are here for a new beginning.
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“If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is difficult, since we think them happier than they are.”
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Charles de Montesquieu
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Charles de Montesquieu
A quote by Montesquieu
I have learned so many things from music about writing. I think there are three important elements: rhythm, harmony, and free improvisation. I learned these things from music, not from literature. And when I started to write, I tried to write as though I were playing music.