Thoughts on Art/Creativity
You are not your art. The greater the separation between your ego and the products of your creative efforts, the happier and more productive you’ll be. So let go of all your assumptions and think. Ask yourself what creative activities you might enjoy. Don’t worry about the product yet or where it will go.
Chase Jarvis • Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
Not talking is frightening. The rich ambiguity of silence can, especially in our ultra-anxious cultural moment, feel like a risk: If I don’t explain myself, I may be misinterpreted. But fear is ever the art-killer. Writing that pushes a play toward the ecstatic leap into theater isn’t easy or ordinary or formulaic. It has to be a commitment to both... See more
Sara Holdren • When the Play’s Not the Thing
Being a creative means embracing the urge to put more of yourself—your identity, personality, and unique way of seeing—into the world, whether it be the way you make your breakfast in the morning or your trick for getting through your morning commute, or the themes that keep coming up among the thousands of photos in your camera roll. When we confo... See more
Spencer Chang • field notes on being a creative [pt. 1]
“I want to have a big, beautiful, happy life, and let great art flow from that. I reject the idea that we need to be miserable, alone, and/or dysfunctional in order to make great work.”
– Casey Gerald
– Casey Gerald
Tina Roth Eisenberg • quotes – Page 8 – swissmiss
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.
The role of the artist
The “larger questions” often can’t be tackled at work, because creativity and critical thinking require uninterrupted focus – like going for a walk or sitting quietly on a couch by yourself. Or a bike ride. Or talking to someone outside your field.