The Creative Mind
the inner workings and challenges of life as a creative
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The Creative Mind
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.
Evolution is powerful. It gives us the chance to revise, edit and do what works while removing what doesn’t.
Once we realize that there is almost no chance we’ll get it right the first time, we can embrace the opportunity to sign up for better instead of perfect.
Get it wrong the first time.
Then make it better.
Once we realize that there is almost no chance we’ll get it right the first time, we can embrace the opportunity to sign up for better instead of perfect.
Get it wrong the first time.
Then make it better.
Getting it right the first time
Maybe “what have you done for the world” isn’t even the right question. It assumes an acting upon, separate from-ness. What if the good stuff happens less when you act upon the world and more when you become one with it? Part of it.
Alex Dobrenko • What Does Your Stupid Art Even Do for the World?
The truth is that one day you hate yourself, and the next day you can’t wait to use your gifts
-Adam Jk
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
we feel different about the world when we create things
The legendary designer Paula Scher said, “I still [a little over 5 decades into her career] make things that are pretty awful. It’s part of the process. You have periods of tremendous productivity and other periods where you’re fallow. The fallow periods are really important because that’s where you’re figuring something it out. You have to work... See more
Billy Oppenheimer • SIX at 6: Swiss Cheese, in the Heights, Wylie Dufresne, STORY, Owning Your Style, and the Fallow Periods
The trick is having this help us, by creating a creative tension that makes us want to be better, instead of discouraging us. We must be OK with never arriving, and crave the work anyways.
-Austin Kleon
ChatGPT as muse, not oracle
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