Creativity
Dean Simonton, a psychologist, has spent his career studying creative productivity. He has found that even creative geniuses, what some may call David Guetta, have a hard time recognizing when they have a hit. Simonton spent some time studying Beethoven and spoke about him,
“Beethoven’s own favorites among his symphonies, sonatas, and quartets are n... See more
“Beethoven’s own favorites among his symphonies, sonatas, and quartets are n... See more
You truly never know
Soul Painting 🎨📱 shot w @xiaomi #Xiaomi14Ultra #tutorial #photography
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An Asian American creator opens up about the struggle of self love and her silly song for aapi heritage month
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compo
How to sharpen your ideas
Marc Andreessen explains why the “curse of the entrepreneur” is being too early
“My experience is the great founders almost always feel like they’re too late, and you’re almost always too early.”
The reason is because the idea seems obvious to the founder:
“You’ve got some idea in your head, and as far as you’re concerned, the world should alrea... See more
Marc earns founders against being too early versus too late
twelve years a slave, from his birth, in Dallas County, Alabama, in 1853 or so, until Union cavalry swept through the cotton plantation where he was owned, in 1865. Sixty-four years later, in 1939, homeless on the streets of Montgomery, he became an extraordinary artist, making magnetically beautiful, dramatic, and utterly original drawings on foun... See more
The Utterly Original Bill Traylor
Bill Traylor, the ultimate late bloomer
Work on stuff you love so much you’d do it 100 times without a huge result and still want to keep going (eg MKBHD) https://t.co/qpKHNwRlHz
MKBHD did 100 videos and had only 74 subs
It started when both were in London one day and decided to get together and produce some music. On that day, one of the songs they made was “I’m Good (Blue)”. However, at the end of the day, they decided that nothing they made that day was worth releasing. It was a solid music production session but nothing really moved the needle.
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I’m Good (Blue) went viral on TikTok and became Bebe Rhexa and David Guetta’s most streamed song, despite not being deemed worthy by either.
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