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I tend to be really hard on myself when it comes to creative projects, but lately I've been trying to relax and enjoy it more, and I think it shows in the work. I feel more daring, more invested, more inspired. I find it's a lot easier to spark new ideas when you aren't wasting mental energy fixating on whether something is good but instead focused on having fun. People are intuitive. They can pick up what you're putting down.
Apr 10, 2024
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⭐I started letting go of perfectionism and started actually doing the things. And my brain got quieter, less tense, there was less feelings like I "needed" to do this and that. And then some thoughts started sounding different, like when I button or item in a video game is highlighted so you notice it more. My intuition is more clear now and the synchronicities that come out from that always makes me laugh a little and say "wow, how funny."
Apr 8, 2025
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➕It's way too easy to over-write, over-paint, over-create. Just because it felt easy doesn't mean that it's bad. In fact, that zen feeling of inspiration *should* feel effortless. Don't let your work ethic ruin something good.
At the very least, step back before you do more. If it needs more work, you'll know the next time you look at it.
At the very least, step back before you do more. If it needs more work, you'll know the next time you look at it.
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🤹If you are making art for yourself, you are playing, not working.
I like to really lean into this and do something completely unstructured either as a warm up or as a break while I’m working on a project. I like to do what I call “shit canvases” where I use up old supplies and garbage and what not. I layer things onto the canvas, building up some parts as I go, covering parts I don’t care about as much, maybe even ripping things off of it. I also so something on a smaller scale in my journal. Maybe I’ll start with a scribbled rant, or writing a few phrases down, and then I start to cover it with more words, or stickers, or I paint a little thing, or a sticky note, then more paint, then take the sticky note off. I have no end goal in mind, I’m just playing and seeing how things work together.
Make yourself let loose
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📎a brief moment of comfort in this cold corporate existence
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🚗What happens behind the wheel is, frankly, none of my business. I'd rather spend my time picking songs/sipping coffee/taking in the scene.
Driving is so pedestrian.
Driving is so pedestrian.
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