On Creativity
The more you create, the less you complain. The more you complain, the less you create.
relevantmagazine.com • Creativity's Worst Enemy - RELEVANT
rich kids being able to do art for a living may be a reflection on their privilege but it seems to me like a reflection on the fact that a human that doesn't have to worry about money will often choose art. everyone is an artist until rent is due. i wish we all had that right
If you read all the time what other people have done you will think the way they thought. If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what a lot of creative people do — get the problem reasonably clear and then refuse to look at any answers until you've thought the problem through carefully how you would do it, how you could
... See morePaul Graham • Richard Hamming: You and Your Research
To the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things.... See more
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you actually silencing yourself by not allowing yourself to accept that you are worthy of making things even if they feel unfinished to you just as we are worthy
of being in imperfect friendships imperfect Relationships by that I mean that Perfection itself completion itself saying everything you need to say having the fullest closure possible it's
... See moreayandastood • Why You Never Finish Creative Projects
I am worthy of being imperfect. Imperfection is a gift.
Even if our ideas aren't unique, the combination of our age, language, body, gender, race, culture, upbringing, and myriad other factors each contribute to making our perspective our own. We’re usually taught to separate the message from the messenger, but they are inextricably linked. It becomes even more important as a minority.
Bryan Lee • Why Sharing Our Perspective Matters
Speaker 1: Hobbies helped make us more human. But if we're going to get paid at some point, we're doing some form of labor. What I argue in some of my writing is if you're going to run a marathon, you're going to get tired. And you shouldn't hire a coach to teach you how to run a marathon without getting tired. And if you're going to do this work
... See moreThe Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish • #105 Seth Godin: Failing on Our Way to Mastery
when we’re drawn to someone else’s creative work, it’s not so much the output that attracts us as it is the energy behind it — the confidence, emotion, and authenticity that propelled it.
sari azout @sariazout
"People feel lost when there are no clear models to show them what to feel or what to experiment with. I heard once that there are three stages in an artist’s search. One is imitation—imitating everything that you think is cool and groovy, and you want to identify with. Then once you imitate, you take those imitations and you experiment with
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