Creativity is not all output—it’s input too

I remember Erykah Badu saying that there are download periods in her creative process—not every period is for uploading. [[ Enjoy the process ]].

This is what Little sabbaticals are for.

Rilke says Everything needs time to gestate.

!That alone is living the artist’s life

Richard Avedon says work on the self informs the work.1 Living your life gives you something to write about.

  1. The life and the work are equally important ↩

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