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Mar
17
Sometimes life happens, and it's alright | Melvin Raj

Sometimes life happens, and it's alright!

There is nothing more chaotic than the mind battling between wanting to address the situation and also to keep the routine going. Today's post is just a reminder to say that life happens, and it's alright.
1 min read
Mar
03
Your creative habits don't need goals | Melvin Raj

Your creative habits don't need goals.

Creative habits that don't have a specified goal are simply about the act of creating. They're about allowing ourselves to play, experiment, and explore without any pressure to produce something tangible or impressive.
3 min read
Feb
24
How finding Patterns are helpful

How finding Patterns are helpful

Be it in life or creative habits, in order to be good at something, you need to put in the time. But sometimes, we tend to remove the fun of the process and this post will help you keep the fun while creating.
3 min read
Feb
18
Everything, everyone all at once.

Everything, everyone all at once.

A creator's life is similar to the plot of Everything everywhere all at once. You need to find experiences from the past and blend them together to make a unifying point.
3 min read
Feb
03
5 tips from steal like an artist book | Melvin Raj

5 tips from steal like an artist book

Every creator goes through the phase where he thinks maybe upgrading the setup or affording a paid tool to help you become efficient but this book says otherwise. You can do all the things with the bare minimum you have.
6 min read
Jan
27
The art of great hooks 🔑

The art of great hooks 🔑

What can we learn from these two tv shows from HBO called The Newsroom and The Last Of US opening scenes about great hook.
5 min read
Jan
20
Brick By Brick | Melvin Raj

Brick By Brick 🧱

Newsletter-3 — In creative journeys we tend to get lost in the complex structures, sophisticated tools, and more. But the ultimate work that we want to remember is to stack bricks one after the other.
4 min read
Jan
13
Creativity is a journey with no destination | Melvin Raj

Creativity is a journey with no destination

Newsletter-2 — Creativity is a journey with no destinations. If you expect your journey with your creative habits to be linear and too an exponential journey, you're mistaken.
4 min read
Jan
06
You think you are not that creative 🤔

You think you are not that creative 🤔

Newsletter-1 — Everybody is creative. As humans, we always tend to make things better than they were. Creativity helps us in achieving that.
4 min read
Dec
31
Yearly Journal - 2022

Yearly Journal - 2022

A yearly reflection on work, health, and writing.
5 min read