Sylvie

via THE CREATIVE HABIT by TWYLA THARP:

Sadly, some people never get beyond the box stage in their creative life. We all know people who have announced that they’ve started work on a project-say, a book—but some time passes, and when you politely ask how it’s going, they tell you that they’re still researching. Weeks, months, years pass and they

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Too many businesses don’t really understand that the core of their business is making people feel good. Whether it’s walking into a store or a restaurant, or being on an airplane, most people go through life hoping that good things will happen to them, and they return to businesses that make those things happen.

So when pressure increases, systems fund what they can explain.

This is the hard part—and the opportunity.

If the arts are to be treated as essential infrastructure, not enrichment, we have to evolve how we demonstrate impact. That means translating what we know to be true into decision-grade evidence: belonging, mental well-being, workforce... See more

Ooof. Albert Einstein's letter to his daughter Lieserl ❤️

When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world.

I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to... See more

The halo effect is not a business model. Chasing these ‘big break moments’ is not a sustainable or useful way to build your life as a creator.

Your brand is a collection of all the ideas you care about, in your own words, under one account on the internet.

Terrence McNally says it best, via Tateh, “Without art, what is our existence but chaos?”

In solopreneurship, constraints force creativity. Unless you’re making a lot, you can't throw money or people at most problems. You have to think your way through them and make sacrifices. Surprisingly, this often leads to better outcomes.