Nailed it, per usual, Adam. A line from the Boss comes to mind: "You can't start a fire without a spark...Even if we're just dancin' in the dark." That's creativity in a nutshell; dancing and fumbling around in the dark until flint hits steel just so and fires your tinder.
I wrote about this in a recent piece: "Just as lifting heavier weights or increasing training intensity triggers new muscle growth, confronting demanding study, complex questions, or emotional struggles builds greater mental capability and adaptability. That’s how neurons grow denser, connections stronger, and the mind sharper. You strain, you tear, you rebuild."
It is the process that contains the art and creativity. Trying to race to the product is missing the point. Obtaining something from a prompt can be helpful, at times, but is NOT satisfying. I just installed a new (to me) sink in my kitchen and re-plumbed the pipes. THAT, as inconvenient as it was, was immensely satisfying. And, it tickled a part of my brain that doesn't get used in my job.
Nailed it, per usual, Adam. A line from the Boss comes to mind: "You can't start a fire without a spark...Even if we're just dancin' in the dark." That's creativity in a nutshell; dancing and fumbling around in the dark until flint hits steel just so and fires your tinder.
I wrote about this in a recent piece: "Just as lifting heavier weights or increasing training intensity triggers new muscle growth, confronting demanding study, complex questions, or emotional struggles builds greater mental capability and adaptability. That’s how neurons grow denser, connections stronger, and the mind sharper. You strain, you tear, you rebuild."
Read on: https://www.whitenoise.email/p/training-until-failure-thinking-until
Reading what people post on LinkedIn, asking myself - do they even understand what they’re saying? One liner posts about nothing.
Embrace the suck because it makes you better, deeper, stronger and more interesting;)
It is the process that contains the art and creativity. Trying to race to the product is missing the point. Obtaining something from a prompt can be helpful, at times, but is NOT satisfying. I just installed a new (to me) sink in my kitchen and re-plumbed the pipes. THAT, as inconvenient as it was, was immensely satisfying. And, it tickled a part of my brain that doesn't get used in my job.