The Creative Mind
the inner workings and challenges of life as a creative
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The Creative Mind
“I think a lot about those whose lives I find fascinating, and it’s often they who tried new and varied things on the way to figuring out what they were great at: Christopher Walken was a lion tamer, Mrs. Prada is a trained mime artist. Maybe my future iteration is something in the circus. We’ll see. Perhaps after this swim.”
Clark Kent Koga • A Day In The Life Of Brand Strategist Clark Kent Koga In Sydney
I now understand that sometimes we have talents in precisely the areas that are most challenging to us. Strikes me that this is far more normal than being a total natural or a supernatural savant.
If you feel like you do your art in spite of yourself, you ain’t alone, welcome to the club.
If you feel like you do your art in spite of yourself, you ain’t alone, welcome to the club.
Junot Díaz • Writing in Spite of Yourself
andrea and
Don’t Try To Map Out Of The Whole 9 Innings
SIX at 6: The Boiler Room, 20 Years of Not Writing, Nightmares of Failure, Expectations of Success, Chair Upholstery, and The Delusion of Perfection - Billy Oppenheimer
just start. don’t spend time paralyzed by the delusion of perfection
i think too many people are assuming that they can turn on a "artist" switch after years of making money doing something. probably most confusing while working broadly in the creator world
don't underestimate how much the game you are playing changes who you are
Paul Millerdtwitter.com
