The Creative Mind
the inner workings and challenges of life as a creative
by sari and · updated 10d ago
The Creative Mind
alex added 9mo ago
- “The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.”
—Carl Jungfrom Tweet by Steve Schlafman
rob hardy added 6mo ago
Alara added 1y ago
alex added 6mo ago
From Franz Kafka’s letters (inspo for when the going gets tough, just do something/anything):
Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers.
sari added 6mo ago
Alara added 1y ago
- Don’t Try To Map Out Of The Whole 9 Innings
from 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
sari added 6mo ago
just start. don’t spend time paralyzed by the delusion of perfection
from Tweet by Kyla Scanlon
rob hardy added 1y ago
- 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.from Writing in Spite of Yourself by Junot Díaz
sari added 1y ago
phoebe added 1y ago