Lillian Gordon
@lillianfrances
Lillian Gordon
do you know that feeling you get after pouring into the cups of others and realizing you saved none for yourself?
do you know that pain of pretending you are okay with something when you definitely are not?
do you know the exhaustion of focusing on everyone else’s needs instead of your own?
when you stretch yourself thin,
only one person is suffering,
you.
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... See more
terrain.com • Design Literacy
Creative Process and Creative identity
Creative identity
Build pockets of stillness into your life. Meditate. Go for walks. Ride your bike going nowhere in particular. There is a creative purpose to daydreaming, even to boredom. The best ideas come to us when we stop actively trying to coax the muse into manifesting and let the fragments of experience float around our unconscious mind in order to click... See more
Maria Popova • 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings
Octavia Butler wrote this in her journal in 1988. Every line is full of magic. Almost all of it manifested.
Writers, read this out loud. Then write your own.
Shannan Mannsubstack.comBrand-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.”
eflecting on these points, you might say the process feels messy and unpredictable. Indeed, it should. The birth of something great is never serene. It’s a series of cracks and contortions in the rock, each break revealing a new gleam beneath the surface. Over time, what was once ambiguous becomes inevitable—what was once a mad experiment looks, in... See more
creativity is not linear. Often, it involves struggling down several blind alleys before finding the right path.