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Iris Murdoch: “Unselfing”
To see things as it is, without “fat relentless ego” with that self-referral lens (e.g. “what does this mean for me?”, “how does this serve my goals”?)
beauty as a discipline: on attention, care and what really matters
youtube.comTaste and Self Awareness
But creatives also need thinking time, a moment to rewind and allow old thoughts to leave and new ones to come in. Creative thinking rarely moves in straight lines. It benefits from pauses, detours, and periods where nothing tangible appears to be happening. These phases often feel rich from within, yet they offer little external proof.
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The Pressure to Always Be Productive as a Creative
Self Awareness and
The in-between process between creating <> thinking, reflecting, digesting, learning and brewing has become the “gap” of why creators are absent and has added the pressure of needing to “over-explain” themselves for visibility.
The pressure to always be productive is distributed unevenly. Audiences move fluidly, entering and exiting work without obligation. Creatives, on the other hand, carry responsibility for continuity. For returning. For staying legible.
The Pressure to Always Be Productive as a Creative
Anti-algorithms and
Imbalance of dynamics between those who dip in and out as an audience vs the creator who always need to be “on top of” the game.
Ideas start to feel valuable once they are visible, rather than once they are understood.
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Sit with (good) ideas. Let it marinate. Deeper the understanding, rather than showing for the sake of visibility.
Anti-algorithms and Art of creating
Being a mindful creator that speaks with conviction, and speaking from a place of deep understanding rather than shallow relevance that comes with speed, is what going to build trust over time through accumulation.
Work that feels considered, confident in its pace, and coherent in its thinking carries a different kind of authority.
Zoë Yasemin • Article
Trust the process. Let your values be carried through in your work. It will reach the right people.