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antimo 🎩
@antimofm.eth
There's this quote by painter Chuck Close I've first come across years ago which always rang true, but I never really understood its meaning until now: "Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself." Chuck Close produced thousands of paintings. Many of his portrait paintings are 7 feet tall and 7 feet high. He clearly wasn't waiting around. There's a lot we (as designers) could learn from him, but especially from craftsmanship. Sure, you can have ideas. You can try to be innovative. But none of that is necessary to do good design. What is necessary is material. The best way to improve your design process is to think of inspiration not as some preternatural creative direction that comes from without, but as the timber to the woodworker.
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Luigi Stranieri
@luigistranieri
This newsletter was very good. Thank you for sharing. The creative process discussion is very interesting and touch so many aspect. I’m absolutely agree with you about using the work flow as a tool and being creative doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to stay inoperative while waiting for the idea. What Close says is an indisputable truth, the “job” of the artist is indeed reduced to a mere office work for many of them. Is very important nowadays to use the time of work to find inspiration and probably experimentation is actually something you can practice as an amateur.
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huugo
@huugo.eth
Needed this before I went to bed. Tough week but you just have to keep trucking.
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Double D🎩
@daved
Oh wow😅… funny how I went through the report and couldn’t move past that quote
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Eren🎩
@baeshy.eth
he was speaking to everybody when he said this. designers just realized the importance
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Mai🟪🍖🐹🎩🍡
@jorja
I completely agree! Inspiration's great, but the real magic happens when you just dive in and let the work lead the way. How do you stay motivated to keep working when inspiration isn’t hitting?
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Tahrah Ⓜ️🔵🎩 🎭
@tahrah
Is this about the book sent to the mail ?
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Dvyne🎩
@dummie.eth
The process is ideal🧠
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Ben - [C/x]
@benersing
Well said
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Yanga 🔵 🎩
@yanga
This one was really an eye opener.
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Mgxie 🎩🧚
@degenlady1
waiting for inspiration might be good for a lot of people but it wastes time too I just show up and do what I do and hope it comes out a success
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Tk¹
@tekus.eth
Not just designers I think everyone can learn from this You can’t keep waiting for opportunities Fight for them
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Iamrav3n.eth
@iamrav3n
I agree
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