“The human mind is naturally creative, constantly looking to make associations and connections between things and ideas. It wants to explore, to discover new aspects of the world, and to invent. To express this creative force is our greatest desire, and the stifling of it is the source of our misery. What kills the creative force is not age or a lack of talent, but our own spirit, our own attitude. We become too comfortable with the knowledge we have gained in our apprenticeships. We grow afraid of entertaining new ideas and the effort that this requires. To think more flexibly entails a risk - we could fail or be ridiculed. We prefer to live with familiar ideas and habits of thinking, but we pay a steep price for this: our minds go dead from lack of challenge and novelty; we reach a limit in our field and lose control of our fate.” - Robert Greene (Mastery)
I had a great chat this morning with the #dtubedaily family on discord and shared my recent doubts about continuing to purse my interests on this platform and whether or not it was of value. I’ve been feeling pretty insecure about a number of things lately but I was lovingly reminded by my friends about how important it is to follow our desires and to continue forward even when things feel uncertain and rocky. It was also nice to know I wasn’t alone in this feeling. It’s crazy how our expectations of what we think will be received well and the pressure to perform literally inhibits the creative process and we lose sight of why we choose to create. I'm incredibly grateful for a community that reminds me that staying true to what fuels the fire in my heart is more valuable than any reward. Or maybe that itself is the greatest reward. 💗 Capturing my sister in her creative process.