Notes on creativity
I am relentless about releasing work into the world.
I think one of the curses of being a human creative is that you can’t see what you want to improve until you press publish, and let yourself be seen. Release, release, release. This is the only way you learn. The power is not in the success of the piece — the power is in the releasing.
I think one of the curses of being a human creative is that you can’t see what you want to improve until you press publish, and let yourself be seen. Release, release, release. This is the only way you learn. The power is not in the success of the piece — the power is in the releasing.
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A question worth asking:
When there is so much on the web, it is easy to fall prey to the impression that this has been done before when you come up with an idea. When this happens, ask: ‘What is my take on this?’
When there is so much on the web, it is easy to fall prey to the impression that this has been done before when you come up with an idea. When this happens, ask: ‘What is my take on this?’
While I could talk about the soul behind our formulas forever, there’s one emotion I’ve returned to again and again since starting Crown Affair: awe .
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My friend Michael, a longtime Pixar animator, first put language to it for me. Awe is that rare emotional state where your sense of self dissolves into something larger. For me, it’s wonder and... See more
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He believes AI will devalue surface-level knowledge and experience — and that the human edge will lie in intuition, imagination, and insight .
He believes AI will devalue surface-level knowledge and experience — and that the human edge will lie in intuition, imagination, and insight .
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