Get to it and do it! Any creative output into the world will always be a net positive, and I have faith in you to do it and do it well! Sit at that damn typewriter and force your idea into the world!
Jan 16, 2025
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Just did this last night and honestly this happens every time. I have a creative project I want to do . . . Maybe get it started . . . . But then let so much time go by before I work on it again or even complete it (if it's not a long term thing). You deserve to see your efforts accumulate! Sometimes I feel a little bad doing something purely for myself but ykw, even when I'm not doing it I'm not really doing anything else worthwhile. So just . . . Do it. There is no try.
Dec 18, 2024
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General hell yeah to the previous recs. I mentioned The War of Art earlier today and it addresses specifically this question, if you feel reading a book would help.
I'm a creature of habit so having a routine is vital for me. An hour or two right after work is my create time everyday. I do my best to eliminate distraction by writing drafts out by hand or typing on my ipad mini + portable keyboard combo. And you need to get to a place where you can accept that unproductive create time is not wasted time. Staring into the middle distance is vital to the creative process.
Reduce friction so you can't make excuses to not create! That means keeping that camera on you AT ALL TIMES. Keep pen and paper on you AT ALL TIMES. Whatever you need for your project it needs to be with you or easily accessible otherwise you won't make space for it.
And feed your brain. Read, watch, listen, play, and experience as much as you can.
Apr 11, 2024
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I write lyrics/poems/prose/essays/the occasional substack/text based art/performance art and the most successful process I've found works for me is just 'hold a pen and hope that it happens'. I can't get any real ideas done on a laptop (my substacks are all drafted in bullet points by hand first). I don't write every day because I don't have the energy or time or enough that is important to say. I only write when I really get the urge in my fingertips and then I get my notebook and just open the page and get whatever out I can. Sometimes it's an idea I've been mulling over that finally comes out and others it's just nonsense sentences that eventually form something.
Basically my advice if you're struggling to get started is just whenever you think you want to do it, just hold a pen and a blank piece of paper and just do it. Maybe it'll be brilliant from the off. First lines are hard so don't worry about it if it's not, fourth lines are where it gets good. I definitely produce 70/30 shit/good writing and that's okay because who's reading it??
Also sometimes you go back a few months later and realise that what you thought was terrible was actually great all along it just needed a different context!
May 3, 2024
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I have a pair of brown-tinted sunglasses I wear out most days. They're not too dark and I like their shape on my face, Recently, I've been on wearing them at night when I go for walks. It gives the world a warmer glow. Car headlights soften and glow like stars. Try it out some time, it makes everything a little prettier.
Have fun and be kind! xxx
Jan 17, 2025
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Sometimes you just gotta see it to believe it.
Jan 17, 2025
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Clown birth where they keep on comin'
Jan 16, 2025