Creativity
the art of creativity
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Creativity
Too often, we think of notebooks as a way-station: a necessary stop en-route to the perfected, polished work of art. But what if the notebook is the work of art? What if the process of taking notes is the point?
If we give them the room to breathe, creative works can live multiple lives. The works will stay online for years, decades even. It will make someone else’s work better, and potentially continue to create new value. Some creations are built for the moment, while some are built for a lifetime. But the secret is motivation. If a company decides one
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Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle
youtube.comReally resonated with this talk. Using the art of coding as a basis, Bret talks about his life principle around ideas.
Here are some meditations:
Ideas start small and fragile.
Ideas need to be shaped.
Ideas should be tried as they are being thought.
Ideas need an environment where they can freely grow.
Creators should not be blind to what they are doing.
They should receive feedback from the idea itself.
See its reaction to their action.
Feel like Rick Rubin and Steve Jobs would dig Bret's ideas about ideas.
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Creators pay with effort. They put in the work to create a product in the hopes the audience consumes and engages with it. Audience members, on the other side of this interaction, pay for this effort with attention.
Mario Gabriele • Audience and Wealth, Part II
Inclining the Mind Toward “Sudden Illumination”: French Polymath Henri Poincaré on How Creativity Works
Maria Popovathemarginalian.org