The Creative Mind

the inner workings and challenges of life as a creative

Bob Dylan on the otherworldliness of creativity (2004) “I don’t know how I got to write those songs. Those early songs were almost magically written.” It is reminiscent of how mathematical discoveries tend to speak themselves—not to the experienced—but to the young. Show more

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EEmily Van Tassel

art = magic

aalex

people need to create to be happy

Regardless of whether or not we’re formally making art, we are all living as artists. We perceive, filter, and collect data, then curate an experience for ourselves and others based on this information set. Whether we do this consciously or unconsciously, by the mere fact of being alive, we are active participants in the ongoing process of

Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being

alex

“— you know, I've either had a family, a job, something
has always been in the
way

but now
I've sold my house, I've found this
place, a large studio, you should see the space and
the light.
for the first time in my life I'm going to have a place and
the time to
create.'

no baby, if you're going to create
you're going to create whether you work
16 hours a day

Alara

andrea

Our creations are more impactful when we’re focused on using personal experience as a guiding force as opposed to being objectively accurate.

Humans don’t care about perfect because we’re far from it.

-common discourse

Alara

“You feel differently towards the world when you make things.” – Milton Glaser

Alara

alex

Increasingly, the work that stand out will be more raw and incomplete (because — by definition — new ideas haven’t been optimized because…they are new).

Eno explains:

"[On one end, you have] auto-tune that perfectly puts music into tune…which is sort of flawless and faultless. [In contrast, the other side] is clumsy, awkward, crude and unfinished... See more

andrea