Elena

@elena

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
from field notes on being a creative [pt. 1] by Spencer Chang
There’s no immediate return. In fact, it’s achingly slow. Coherence takes practice. So does any form of love or devotion. You wake up and you choose it and the next day you gladly do it all over again.
from in praise of slowing down by Nix 🕊
What I love about the idea of scenius is that it makes room in the story of creativity for the rest of us: the people who don’t consider ourselves geniuses. Being a valuable part of a scenius is not necessarily about how smart or talented you are, but about what you have to contribute—the ideas you share, the quality of the connections you make, an... See more
from Further Notes on Scenius
There is always two things.

The work you are trying to make

The work that you are actually making

Number two doesn’t reveal itself until you’ve forgotten about number one.
from #102 Keep it coming by Alex Tan
Compulsion. I think about that word a lot. I believe that all of us, carelessly walking about planet earth, are intrinsically compelled to do something . It’s in our nature, in the shape of our soul. To excel, to truly be the best, I think it’s crucial to spend time thinking about what that is. Because if you do something other than that, you’re no... See more
from How David Perell Uses ChatGPT as a Creative Partner by Dan Shipper
Everyone is an artist. Everyone is involved, whether they like it or not, in the construction of their world. Consciousness is always consciousness of something. There is no fixed world out there, the world is coming toward you and you are coming toward it. And between the two of you, you actually construct the world. It’s never as given as it actu
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from John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty by On Being
In times like these, we are all in the process of transformation, and so is the world around us. The Great Work, the magnum opus, is the work we are all engaged in, whether we know it or not. The Great Work is the reassembling of the tiny shards of light into which the universe was shattered at the Creation. Every story we tell, every poem we write... See more
from The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth by Paul Kingsnorth
Be micro-ambitious. Put your head down and work with pride on whatever is in front of you. You never know where you might end up. Just be aware that the next worthy pursuit will probably appear in your periphery which is why you should be careful of long-term dreams. If you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shiny thing out of the cor... See more
from 9 life lessons from Tim Minchin by Learn Daily with Shuen
" Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. "

Howard Thurman
from Aliveness: Reframing Productivity by Thomas Klaffke

from field notes on being a creative [pt. 1] by Spencer Chang

from in praise of slowing down by Nix 🕊

from Further Notes on Scenius

from #102 Keep it coming by Alex Tan

from How David Perell Uses ChatGPT as a Creative Partner by Dan Shipper

from John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty by On Being

from The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth by Paul Kingsnorth

from 9 life lessons from Tim Minchin by Learn Daily with Shuen

from Aliveness: Reframing Productivity by Thomas Klaffke