I initially heard a version of this quote on a Design Matters episode with James Victore. His point was: instead of making stuff to appeal to a mass audience, make things that are specific, honest, and true to you. In that specificity of individual experience is something that other people will connect to, because it comes from a soulful place, instead of pandering to an audience.
Read MoreThis blog post by Keri Smith is one of my favorite advice letters I've ever read, so much that I feel like I need to print it out and reread it when I'm feeling discouraged.
She writes about the paralyzing effect of the pressure we put on ourselves for creative work, the importance of paying attention to the energy we feel when we do things. Do more of what gives you an open sense of energy, and less of what doesn't. It's that simple.
Read MoreMy typography teacher, Jason Heuer, told us that this one quote by Goethe inspired him to change careers and go to design school in his thirties. He said he had the chills just rereading it in class. When you stumble upon words like this (and of course it has to be in the right place and at the right time), it's such a treasure.
Read MoreThis quote jumped out at me because we’re in a culture in which being ‘busy’ is worn as a badge of honor. Busy, to me, feels like a word loaded with obligation– that I’m juggling many commitments and demands on my time. Busy feels tiring. Busy is rushing from thing to thing with little room for pause, or reflection.
Read MoreThere is a lot of writing across the internet about how to find your voice, and this applies to a variety of creative endeavors, not just writing voice or speaking voice. It’s also about finding your style, your unique POV, which – just writing those words “unique POV” make me cringe.
Read MoreI’m really excited to start this little project I’m calling Advice for Creatives — where I document and transcribe all the lessons I’m absorbing from people wiser than me in books, podcasts, and real life.
The first lesson is about the importance of self-forgiveness. I heard it on Elizabeth Gilbert’s podcast,Magic Lessons.
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