Creative process

admitting this polarity to myself has been powerful and clarifying (shadow work era)

Exactly
An exercise I would guide my younger creative self through:
1. Make a list of your favorite works
2. List out everything bad, janky, poorly done etc about them
3. Notice how this does not diminish your love for the works
4. realize... See more
Visakan Veerasamyx.comArtists: Do not kid yourself into pursuing the “new.” There is no “new.” All art comes from other art and many other sources. Make art in your own voice. Tell your own story.
Jerry Saltzx.comPEOPLE ARE DYING FOR THE NEW, FOR WHAT EXPRESSES THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME IN AN ORIGINAL WAY.
When you feel stuck in your creative pursuits, it doesn’t mean that there’s something wrong with you. You haven’t lost your touch or run out of creative juice. It just means you don’t yet have enough raw material to work with. If it feels like the well of inspiration has run dry, it’s because you need a deeper well full of examples, illustrations,
... See moreTiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
a reminder to fill my well