do the work
by shashaank · updated 15d ago
do the work
shashaank added 18d ago
- Journalist Sebastian Junger reframed the idea of being blocked: “It’s not that I’m blocked. It’s that I don’t have enough research to write with power and knowledge about that topic.”
from Dan Mall’s 10 Principles for a Worthy Design Career | Figma Blog by Dan Mall
shashaank added 22d ago
A creative block isn’t a wall at the dead-end of an alley. It’s a bridge under construction, that needs to be built to move forward.
To build the bridge you need the right materials and the tools. Look forthe materials by diving into research, gather the tools - mental models, physical ones, change your technique.
As you prepare and work, you find that the bridge appears before you like it was always there. 
shashaank added 24d ago
- Sometimes maybe it’s best, in art and writing, to be as dumb as possible, follow the joy, because at the very least that's real. And there, you’ve taken the first step towards the truth.
from Making out and eating pizza with J.Crew
shashaank added 24d ago
- "Who cares if the first draft is good? It doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to be, so you can revise it. You don’t need an idea to start a story. You just need a sentence" - George Saunders (good advice in general)
shashaank added 1mo ago
- The word “practice” is such a wonderful word because it has time built into it: you can only practice if you practice
shashaank added 1mo ago
“I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work,' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do.”
― Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warholshashaank added 1mo ago
Most people’s mental models of energy are flawed: they think there’s a ‘tank’ of energy that gets depleted as you spend it. This may be roughly true for physical energy, but mental energy is different: spending mental energy on things that you consider productive or important gives you more mental energy for other things: a positive feedback loop.
... See morefrom Tips for Productivity, Thinking, and Doing by nabeelqu.co
shashaank added 1mo ago
- The structure of games is not that the points are valuable, but that the attempt to get those points, the attempts to win the game and the game’s terms sculpt some kind of interesting or beautiful activity.
from A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life by New York Times
shashaank added 1mo ago
Kevin Kelly has published 14 books and is one of the most influential tech writers of the past 50 years. And yet, here's what he told me: 1) "I don't like writing." 2) "I'm a reluctant writer." 3) "That first draft is just a killer for me." How is that possible? @kevin2kellyshashaank added 1mo ago
KK on writing
1) "I don't like writing."
2) "I'm a reluctant writer."
3) "That first draft is just a killer for me."