The only thing that I can think of would be my personal photography, tbh. I don't know where to start and feel like I have to kick down the door saying something - anything - to make it feel worth shooting. 'Make less precious' gives us all the motivation to just go for it.
i think when something is really important to us (like for me, writing fiction), we feel like it has to be this really big thing. but there's this quote from c.s. lewis i'm going to share with you that was a lightbulb for me: "Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self."
this spoke to me because i think when we are creators, we want something to be as amazing as the things WE love and ingest (read, watch, etc.), but really... we just have to start (and rarely do people start out making the amazing things from the jump that we love... sometimes people are so far into their careers before we see the gems they create because we didn't see all their practice/failure/etc.).
i can't wait to see that photography and i just KNOW it's going to be amazing because everything i've seen from you has been. you really are talented, don't get in the way of it. i love you, thank you for reading and sharing. x
The only thing that I can think of would be my personal photography, tbh. I don't know where to start and feel like I have to kick down the door saying something - anything - to make it feel worth shooting. 'Make less precious' gives us all the motivation to just go for it.
Amazing words as always!
it definitely takes the pressure off, doesn't it?
i think when something is really important to us (like for me, writing fiction), we feel like it has to be this really big thing. but there's this quote from c.s. lewis i'm going to share with you that was a lightbulb for me: "Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self."
this spoke to me because i think when we are creators, we want something to be as amazing as the things WE love and ingest (read, watch, etc.), but really... we just have to start (and rarely do people start out making the amazing things from the jump that we love... sometimes people are so far into their careers before we see the gems they create because we didn't see all their practice/failure/etc.).
i can't wait to see that photography and i just KNOW it's going to be amazing because everything i've seen from you has been. you really are talented, don't get in the way of it. i love you, thank you for reading and sharing. x
Yes yes yes! To more feeling deeply and making it less precious. ❤️