Creativity

The call of any creator is to keep making things, not to make any sense of what you create. Just dive down deep into the ocean of awareness and see how long you can hold your breath. What I know is that most days I wake up with an question in my mind, some thought that begs an answer, without the slightest clue where the urge originated. On a good ... See more

Pan for gold. Engage in the methodical work of your craft, knowing that the process itself has value, regardless of what you find.

Here's the key point : A flywheel helps build momentum that makes it easier to maintain the system.

In order for a flywheel to be effective, it must meet 3 criteria:

1. Activities must flow smoothly from one phase to the next


2. Each rotation is easier than the previous one


3. Each rotation produces more than the previous one.

the creative process typically involves three steps:

1. Collecting: Gathering interesting ideas


2. Connecting: Drawing connections and organizing materials


3. Creating: Producing something new

When there's a deadline, there's also a destination, a context, a reason for something. And that's what makes me finish it. Up until that point, it's an experiment. It's sitting on my shelf and I can take it down again as I often do, work on it again, put it back on. [Then I can take it] out two years later and work on it some more.

So everything's ... See more

Nobody knows how to start anything

Even a few hours of playing — that’s the operative verb — with AI reveals something that fearful critiques from a distance seems to miss. The primary mood of the medium is playfulness. The message of the medium, at its current stage of evolution at least, is let’s play.

AI is a ludic technology.

I haven’t had this much fun with a new technology sin... See more

To do our best creative thinking, we need tools that seamlessly support both modes. We should be able to capture ideas effortlessly in the moment, then organize them with purpose when the time is right. This balance between seamless capture and intentionality is essential for supporting creativity.