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Richard Feynman on passion, curiosity, and living fully:
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t... See more
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t... See more
A good editor is someone who uses deliberate subtraction to actually add life to the ideas, setting, plot, and characters
#084 ✰ are you an essentialist?
Good editing means taking away things that don't help the story so the important parts can shine and feel alive.
Visualize your creativity as a backed-up pipe of water. The first mile is packed with wastewater. This wastewater must be emptied before the clear water arrives.
julian.com • Creativity faucet: Increase your creativity
you need a good place to have some bad ideas.
Austin Kleon • Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
At the beginning of a creative session, see through every bad idea that comes to mind. Instead of being self-critical and resisting bad ideas, recognize that you must see them to completion.
Bad ideas, by the way, are often the clichés your brain has been overexposed to.
julian.com • Creativity faucet: Increase your creativity
“What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.” — William Ralph Inge