Minutes of a Monday #56

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Brain Food > The idea whisperer

“It is common for an artist to question the weight of their ideas. A five-year long creative process might have begun with a fleeting moment in a dream or a remark overheard in a parking lot. In hindsight, this tiny seed that led us down a winding path may seem insignificant. We might wonder if it’s big enough or if the direction is important enough to keep travelling.

When gathering seeds to begin our work, we may be tempted to look for a grand sign before committing ourselves. A clap of thunder to assure us that we’ve found the right path. We may discard ideas that don’t seem of great importance or magnitude.

But size does not matter. Volume does not equal value.

We can’t weight Source [inspiration] material based on the initial impact it makes on arrival. Sometimes the smallest seed grows into the biggest tree. The most innocent idea can lead to the most consequential writing. Trivial insights can open the doors to vast new worlds. The most delicate message could be of the greatest importance.

Even if the seed is nothing more that what we might notice - a momentary perception, an unexpected thought, event the echo of a memory - it’s enough.

Most often, the hints of inspiration and direction from Source are small. The appear as tiny signals traveling through the void of space, quiet and subtle, like a whisper.”

Rick Rubin from The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Soul Food

“An ounce of behaviour is worth a pound of words.”

Sanford Meisner

LOL

Billy Connolly on the potential perils of a cup of bovril:

Appendix

“In today’s era of instant information gratification, we have ready access to opinions, rationalisations and superficial descriptions. Much harder to come by is the foundational knowledge that informs a principled understanding of the world.”

Bruce Tidor

AOB

Hope you got something from that.

Have a great week ya’ll - Niall