On Creativity
say do I need to be the one to make this idea or do I just want the benefit of having the idea to be made okay
ayandastood • Why You Never Finish Creative Projects
it's okay to make things that feel incomplete
ayandastood • Why You Never Finish Creative Projects
You’re Meant to Create, Not Just Comment ⋆
youtube.comCreators are empathic because they know how hard it is to put something out into the world for the swarm of critics to rip apart. Creators carry with them the scars from cynic’s attacks, wounds that are healed because of grace. And that grace empowers them to continue moving forward, creating life-bringing solutions in a world in need.
relevantmagazine.com • Creativity's Worst Enemy - RELEVANT
“We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies”.
-Walt Disney
A point of view is different from having a point.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
You don’t have to have a pretty conclusion to everything, you just have to be opinionated on the thing that you are discussing. THAT’S what people can take away.
Art is choosing to do something skillfully, caring about the details, bringing all of yourself to make the finest work you can.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Here's a quote from Watts on discipline:
"Now that. In these Asiatic traditions it is well recognized. That people who get the knowledge that you’re it. May very well run amok. And therefore they always couple any method of gaining this, whether it is yoga whether it is smoking something or drinking something or whatever is the method they always... See more
"Now that. In these Asiatic traditions it is well recognized. That people who get the knowledge that you’re it. May very well run amok. And therefore they always couple any method of gaining this, whether it is yoga whether it is smoking something or drinking something or whatever is the method they always... See more
r/AlanWatts - Reddit
Heard mentioned from Lupe Fiasco
Everyone knows that to do great work you need both natural ability and determination. But there's a third ingredient that's not as well understood: an obsessive interest in a particular topic.