Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
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
Spencer Chang • field notes on being a creative [pt. 1]
My small group of friends were all similarly anti-social, autodidactic, talented, and at war with the permanence of their bodies. It was a good time.
Tyrant Books • Essays and Fictions
Creativity needs private time, and, when ready, creativity then needs public fame.
Mark Pollard • Strategy Is Your Words: A Strategist's Fight For Meaning
The most exceptional creative leaders and teams who I have met are able to generate a surplus of ideas with discipline and poise. They ground their creative energy with a supreme sense of organization. As professionals, they have overcome the stigma of self-marketing and use their respective communities to stay accountable. And as leaders, they are
... See moreScott Belsky • Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
In the early days of The Creative Independent, we sometimes thought of TCI’s website like a house next to a river. We considered the interviews the flowing water, as they were our house’s nutrients and source of life. We would collect and drink from the water every day. But sometimes, depending on its nutrient makeup, the water would change our hou... See more
Laurel Schwulst • My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?
“Creative evolution isn’t about mastering every trend. It’s about carrying who you already are into what comes next.”
The tool is not the skill
Eve Ewing on challenging your own ideas of failure
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