#creating

[blocksruinedme]

PLEASE

WHY YOU SHOULD WRITE HORRIBLY:

1. You’ll never write anything if you don’t

[littlemissadams]

The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee | TEDxMan...

[fortokeep]

sandylion art cows

[thepursuitofunderstanding]

The act of creation is an attempt to enter a mysterious realm. A longing to transcend. What we create allows us to share glimpses of an inner landscape, one that is beyond our understanding. Art is our portal to the unseen world.

Rick Rubin

[ornament-of-rhyme]

What all artists must come to realize at some point is that the journey of creating their art is the whole point. It is not the end product. That is why so many people lose their creative spark; they get too focused on the end and lose the joy of the journey, of the exercising of creativity, that makes it all worthwhile. AI removes that journey. People who care only about the end product are l mills, not artists. That is why there is no such thing as "AI Art."

[deeply-winter]

quantity over quality is the key when starting a new craft/hobby/whatever

It took me thousands of stitches to figure out the best way to knit, to purl, to tension my yarn. I tried English and continental. Circular and straight needles.

All the advice and videos and tips in the world won’t replace actually doing the thing. Over and over. And ripping it all up and starting over.

[entity56]

"Love is what makes us human" no no no no no no NO SHUT UP!!! IT'S ART!!! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ART!! Ever since the beginning of time, humans have been creating! They got home from their hunt and harvest and made cave paintings! That shit is still around tens of thousands of years later!! The nature of humans is the pursuit of knowledge of creation! Paintings, pottery, sculpting, music, performances, it's how we express our soul, what we're thinking, our heart and mind! Literally no other animal (or AI, Gods forbid) can create art like we can! Thousands of different animals can love and have sex but humans are unique because we CREATE. Nothing will ever stop us from creating and enjoying creations. That's what makes us human. Without art we're a husk.

[solarpunkbaby]

Free sewing resources:

[rainbowpopeworld]

[naminiza]

to anyone who has more than one creative hobby;

take a song you can play on an instrument, convert the notes so you can play it on a second instrument you're familiar with

write stories, songs, or poems about images (photo, painting, drawing, anything) you've made

turn stories into poems, poems into songs, songs into stories

paint/sketch something based on stories or songs you've written, or based on a picture you've taken

could you make fanfiction instead? yes. but you could also take inspiration from your own work and from what inspired the original work. bonus points if the work is attached to a memory or strong emotion

you're allowed to recycle ideas. there's a reason we don't rest until all of our senses experience a story told through cinema. show all the sides of the story you're trying to tell. drown in the feeling until it overflows into the audience

[thecalminside]

Let go, or be dragged.

-Zen Proverb

[karadin]

[leoneliterary]

i just want to let you know, as someone who has been following HAT for several years now, it's so inspiring seeing you continue to work on this story! as someone who also has my own obligations outside my creative projects, it's incredibly moving to see you still at it along with your school! keep on!! 👍👍👍

I had to sit with this ask for a bit, because I really needed to hear this.

I'm about to get sappy, so bear with me.

There have been many times when I was frustrated with my own work and with myself. I wished I had been less ambitious, that I was a better coder/planner. I felt embarrassed by how long it was taking me, and I'll admit that I watched newer and more productive IFs with envy. Two things kept me from abandoning HAT, especially when school, work, and life in general began occupying more of my time.

The first thing is that I really love this story. I love it on my best days, and I love it even when my writing doesn't feel up to par. I think about it often and while I know I'll tweak and change it, I'll never abandon it.

The second thing is readers like you. Y'all have made me feel so much less alone, and it brings me more joy than I could have imagined sharing this story with you. There are days when I fret over pacing, days when I fill the page with my fatigue, and yet y'all have been with me for years. It's one thing to throw something out into the world. It's something else to have people respond with love and a belief in you.

So thank you. I hope you never give up on your creative projects and that, if you want, you share them with the world. (With me too!!)

Thank you for rooting for me and know that I'm rooting for you too!!

[fortokeep]

vintage Hambly holographic ghost stickers

[mrs-trophy-wife]

I imagined the thing and then it happened.

—Neville Goddard