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On defining your own work
thecreativeindependent.com
everyday, I wrote my ideas and made art. I posted them on my website. then, I sent a newsletter about it. that was it.
how i share my work as an introverted artist — kening zhu
A scenius is a beautiful bubble that only forms under special conditions: friendly competition and appreciation, rapid exchange of new ideas, mutual sharing of success, and most importantly, a buffer against the outside world that creates space for transgression and general weirdness.
Richard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
Success How shall we measure success? It isn’t popularity, money, or critical esteem. Success occurs in the privacy of the soul. It comes in the moment you decide to release the work, before exposure to a single opinion. When you’ve done all you can to bring out the work’s greatest potential. When you’re pleased and ready to let go.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
Jeff Goins • 1 highlight
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Anna Fusco • Devastate Me, Baby

Writer Alejandro Heredia on making art in a world that profits off our time – The Creative Independent
Alejandro Herediathecreativeindependent.com
Similarly, the total output of human creativity, in all its kaleidoscopic breadth, pieces together the fabric forming our culture. The underlying intention of our work is the aspect allowing it to fit neatly into this fabric. Rarely if ever do we know the grand intention, yet if we surrender to the creative impulse, our singular piece of the puzzle
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