the many shades of creativity
So look around at those existing ideas in the world. You can imitate them and still be offering something valuable and unique.
Hell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
You can still be unique.
Being desperate leads to creative solutions.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Operating from scarcity does not?
"Creativity is the focused combination of unlikely things. Your mind locks onto a certain element and then searches widely for something unexpected that fits with it. What can scuba diving teach you about agriculture? What can trees teach you about public speaking? There is always some connective tissue between disciplines. If you wish to be m
... See moreJames Clear • 3-2-1: The Secret to Creativity, How Our Challenges Shape Us, and the Value of Bad Workouts
Every person you meet is a creative artist who takes the events of life and, over time, creates a very personal way of seeing the world. Like any artist, each person takes the experiences of a lifetime and integrates them into a complex representation of the world.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
It’s not that I hate people. The other best times in my life were with people. But it’s interesting how many highlights were just sitting in a room in that wonderful creative flow, free from the chatter of the world. No updates. No news. No pings. No chats. No surfng. Silence is a great canvas for your thoughts. That vacuum helps turn all of your in
... See moreHell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
But busyness has a way of stealing creativity from you. Generative work, like art and writing, requires long periods of nothingness: it’s only in that wide empty space that ideas emerge. Long runs, hot showers, commutes that don’t involve harried Slack messages and listening to podcasts at 2x speed. Sitting at the edge of a dock, listening to the o... See more
Jasmine Sun • the scenic route
The artist who’s into discipline
Hell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
Are real artists not disciplined?