Nadia Pritta Wibisono
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Nadia Pritta Wibisono
i don’t know who needs to hear this but you are worthy of respect even if you are mediocre. your writing will find a home, no matter how you feel about the sentence structure. your thoughts are important, even if they come out ineloquent. not every piece you create will be life altering; every artist, no matter how brilliant, has a skip in the... See more
Substack • your perfectionism will not save you.
there is beauty in wanting to be fluent in your chosen creative language- but perfectionism supersedes that urge. perfectionism is wanting to be unharmable. your comparisons are not your peers but God or whatever other force rules benevolent and unquestionable over this cosmos. it is striving for that which is beyond humanness-after all, we accept... See more
Substack • your perfectionism will not save you.
toni morrison did not learn rhythm. it flowed through her like notes from a saxophone, booming and unmissable. so i must stop chasing her and remember that i was born with a rhythm of my own.
Substack • your perfectionism will not save you.
why do we let our own self-doubt poison our love affair with ourselves?
your perfectionism will not save you.
design transcends output—it’s a way of thinking, seeing, and bringing ideas to life.
terrain.com • Design Literacy
Facing Your Fear of Being Misunderstood IS the Creative Process
youtube.comHaving some sense of understanding that other people’s reaction of your work is not a direct reflection of your worth does help in the process of metabolizing feedback through a lens of neutrality.
The best way to find your voice is to make a lot of work and then destroy it.
Kieran • Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You
creativity and art
art and creativity
With military precision, the painter Brian Rutenberg wakes up every single workday at exactly 7:10am. Then, the ritual begins: a series of daily tasks, guided by muscle memory and the power of his immutable routine. He arises and makes his bed, then twenty minutes at the gym, followed by oatmeal and coffee at the same diner, every day.
Then he heads into his New York studio, where churns out some of the most well-regarded abstract paintings in modern art. Every day. On time. For decades.
You'd think if his output is as consistent as clockwork, his creative process would reflect that too, right? Wrong, my friend. Wait till you see the pictures of this studio of his—Oh, by The Divine Sweet International Lamp-Lighting JEEBUS.