We go on the tour, play the shows, have the meetings, do the interviews, launch the project, reply to the emails, do the photoshoots…with a deep yet maybe ignored understanding that we will inevitably be back in our rooms alone to practice our craft and make something new.
Speaking Words Of Wisdom
Sometimes there’s just too much wisdom floating around.
It’s ok to turn it off. Unsubscribe from the podcast or text thread or blogger and put down the books.
Wisdom works best when it finds us in a state where we are willing to be changed by it.
There are great ideas and knowledge and morning routines to be learned from…but you’re not going to get behind if you shut it down for a while.
Question. Answer. Question.
Before The First Chord
Movies That Made Us
Here we are once again, first Monday of the month…new Hum Love playlist on Spotify and Apple
Movies That Made Us is a doc-series on Netflix about the making of a bunch of famous movies.
A pretty common theme throughout all of these classics is that they almost didn’t get made.
Budget issues, personnel issues, timing, marketing, editing, locations…and after all those have been overcome, is it still might not get released because someone pumps the brakes.
It turns out this heavy lift doesn’t just go for classic movies. It goes for all kinds of releases both big and small. Most things that get released almost didn’t get released for one reason or another. But everyone found a way.
Keep finding a way.
What Can We Get Away With?
It’s a bad idea for advertising (though often used). Think of the phrases ’see fine print for details’ or ‘screen images simulated’ or ‘screen images sped up’ or ‘rules and restrictions apply’. Advertisers go right to the edge of what they can get away with to hook us in before we find out that it’s not quite as good as we thought.
But ‘what can we get away with’ is a great idea for creativity. Because it’s more than you think. It stretches you. It surprises you and the audience. You’ll learn something. It brings excitement. It makes you face some fear and insecurity. And if it doesn’t work out it’s not going to kill you.