Lillian Gordon
@lillianfrances
Lillian Gordon
First, you need to cultivate a deeper relationship with your gut. The more our world becomes measurable and quantifiable, the more we need spaces that preserve what can't be measured—the hunches we can't explain, the patterns we feel but can't prove. A jazz musician knows when to break rules in ways no theory explains. A good copywriter can feel wh... See more
What matters in the age of AI is taste
The richest insights are found in overlooked sources and connections that are beyond the reach of the internet and the incentives of its curatorial algorithms. My inspiration comes from unexpected places: the yellowed pages of out-of-print software books, modern science fiction essays, the writings of early religious leaders, and unique items in ma... See more
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Creative Process and Creative identity
Creative identity
Creation means doing violence upon the idea, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. An act of creation is always an act of betrayal
When we create something (a painting for example) we destroy the image we had for it as we bring it into physical reality. The artwork is never as good as we imagine it in our mind eye. Never as perfect. I feel the same way about self becoming. We have a perfected image of who we’d like to become over time. Maybe its a way of dressing, habits wed
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Brand-building is emotional labor. You’re shaping how people feel, how they connect, and what they trust. That doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by design.
Bethany Paris Ramsaysubstack.com“Brand-building is emotional labor. You’re shaping how people feel, how they connect, and what they trust. That doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by design.”
Unfortunately moodboards has become a way to ‘hold a client’s hand’ and reassure them the idea isn’t scary. When it used to be about pushing the idea visually.