‘Perfectionism is exhausting’
I’ve watched my students push themselves so hard to get an ‘A’ that they’ll overlook what it really takes to come up with creative work.
Here’s another take on the concept – by author Michael Nobbs, with a pitch for his book Sustainable Creativity.
‘Creative people across all genres, it seems, have this reputation for being enormously mentally unstable . . . [and we’ve] accepted collectively the notion that creativity and suffering are somehow inherently linked’
Creativity = a horrible life? Anxieties, fear, alcohol – ?
In her TED Talk from 2009, Author Elizabeth Gilbert throws out some diversionary concepts to keep going – be undaunted.
From last year: The bold choices ad. Starring Willem Dafoe and directed by Dante Ariola for StrawberryFrog.
Behind the scenes here.
‘Check out one of the songs i’m most proud of – my cowrite with Nicola Roberts on a very personal, epic and beautiful ballad.’ –Maya von Doll, Sohodolls
Video for Nicola Roberts’ Sticks + Stones.
Sticks + Stones brings back memories. When one is ‘creative,’ one doesn’t always fit in.
And you know what I’ve learned over the years? It’s fucking cool to not fit in.
Fan-made video for Garbage’s new single, Battle in Me.
New album – Not Your Kind of People – drops May 22 (May 15 on itunes) – and I’m really loving this beautiful g they’ve found . . .
Found via Garbage
‘Slim lengths of twill tape are printed with text and stitched to the edges’
Typeface sheet set. Available thru Anthropologie.
‘My paper weaving technique — a process of interlacing objects with memories — attempts to redefine the commonplace book structure with chapters emerging from seams. The garments reveal new beginnings, life lessons and notable achievements. Memories evoke garments; garments evoke memories.’
The work of paper artist, graphic designer Julie VonDerVellen.
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