Molly Simpson
@spagmol
Spaghetti-brained. Googly-eyed.
I collect dots here so that I can connect them everywhere.
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
Saint Augustine
You cannot create results. You can only create conditions in which something might happen.
fallow periods. what are we actually trying to create? often we go into creative practice with an output in mind,; what if we paid more attention to the conditions? and those conditions change depending on the season our creativity is in: in fallow periods maybe it needs to be left alone, in expressive periods maybe it needs to be pruned, in growth periods it needs to be watered etc.
You’re not just marketing a product but inviting your audience into your ‘world’: a world that must feel real enough to believe in, important enough to matter, and human enough to connect to.
Emma Pegg • The Science (and Seduction) of Product Storytelling
When someone scrolls through your website, how can they see themselves living the future you’re building?
Emma Pegg • The Science (and Seduction) of Product Storytelling
storytelling is not just instinct but also compulsion. We crave order. We impose meaning. We freeze the shifting, uncertain nature of life into shapes we can survive.
Emma Pegg • The Science (and Seduction) of Product Storytelling
workshop warm up/icebreaker idea: what season are you in? take a moment to think and then share with the person next to you.
idea for workshop: me and Lucy could each map the “cycle” or map of our substacjs since we started them, correlating them with posts published (creative moments) and other life events? e.g. for me would be break up, started dating; for lucy would be acting etc. we could use this to illustrate that creativity happens in the context of LIFE and life
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for July workshop: maybe there’s something in this around how we often miss this vital part of the creative process because we priorise two of the stages, rather than completing the full cycle? Might not work, but it could also be a relatable feeling for people in the room.
Existence is this delightful dance between nothing and everything.
-a great line via John Mackey, the whole story