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If the path is straight, no indicators please!
Well, clearly this post is for me but maybe you will find it helpful too.
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April 2024

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July 2023

May 2023

You just need to decide.
The first step towards building creative habits is making a conscious decision to prioritize creativity in our lives. This decision requires a shift in…
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To document is to remember
Your creative habits may be small. but keeping the files either physically or digitally scanning them, adding a little date on each day, or writing down…
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Friend of everyone, an enemy of yourself
Heard these lines from Mike Tyson and thinking about it ever since. [seed idea - Will update as more ideas collate]
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April 2023

Creative habits are like music in your life.
In busy life sometimes music gives us a feeling of hope, of a brighter tomorrow and also, that invincible hand that reaches to help us. So, in that same…
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Transformation Than Imitation
Watched the talk between Austin Kleon and Colin and Samir. I found the video to be filled with interesting points to take. Hence, writing a few…
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Of 24, I ask you for 1...
That is all I ask, to give yourself to form a creative habit with no expectations or deadlines.
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Rail against the dying day
I got inspired by these beautiful lines from the song - sleep on the floor by The Lumineers. I wrote a few lines about it.
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Movies x paintings
Every new idea is a mashup or a remix of previous ideas. I take this thought and started a creative experiment where I add movie scenes and paintings of…
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