I think sometimes
Figs
Figs are my favourite fruit. They're so unique in terms of look and taste, and I think they're absolutely delicious. I am in love with figs and fig trees. They're just the best I appreciate them with all of my being.
The creation-consumption ratio
Everybody should aim to create more than they consume. Write. Draw. Make music, shitty music. Anything.
Anything is better than consuming brain rotting content, absent minded.
When you're in creation mode, you are forced to be present. At the core it is a wellness activity. And to those who are not used to it, it will feel like torture.
Express into the material world
Don't keep creative energy inside, use it to create. manifest into the external world. Even if it's a failure, even if it's ugly, or unoriginal or boring. Look at it.
Witness it.
And then move on, keep creating. Eventually you will create something that you love, but be careful how you love it. Appreciate it, but try not to idolize it. Don't ruin the creative process by trying to make duplicates of that one work. You will destroy your curiosity.
If you hate me
I genuinely feel bad for you. What pity. Although, unlike you I won't waste my time hating you. I'll focus on giving myself a blissful life. Be bitter, I won't care. If anything I'll grow more confident and be more in love with myself.
And what are you doing here? On my website. Are you trying to find more reasons to hate me? Take a good look at yourself.
Shut up
Don’t exhibit your meaty ideas to the hungry wolves. This is bad for several reasons, first people may steal your idea. Second, they can give their opinion and it can affect how you feel about it, interrupting the very integral process of creation. Third, their energy will enter and possibly sabotage the birth of this new thing. And lastly you don't want to create a premature sense of accomplishment, decreasing motivation. So do less talking and more doing.
Programming
Music is programming you. Don’t allow degeneracy to enter your psyche. Watch what you consume.
Have you ever wondered why it’s called a “feed”? They feed you like a farm animal, and they make money out of you. Virtual enslavement.
Aftercare
After I paint, I sit with my paintings. I look at them, and I appreciate them. I feel gratitude to the very core of my being. Grateful for the time I was given to create. Grateful for my space and my supplies. Grateful for my mind that allows these paintings to be made. It's all so wonderful. There's no greater feeling.
Flow
I am fascinated by flow. I aim to maintain the flow, like a river pouring into the sea. I bring forth what comes to me into the material world. This practice allows me to remain sensitive to the urges that come up during the process of creating. The stopping of flow feels like depression to me, a creative suicide. Where there is no flow there is decay. Rot. My practice is a way to maintain my wellness. When I go through periods where I don’t paint, I am spiritually and mentally unwell.
Remain sensitive
Strive to avoid having a calloused mind. A calloused mind's main way of manifesting is when you tell yourself NO. When a different idea pops into your head, and it's different from what you've done your whole life and you refuse it, you train your brain to operate within certain perimeters. The end of this process is ceasing to create, and claiming 'Not being creative.' It also happens when you expose your precious brain to the 'junk food' equivalent of content. Garbage videos, TikToks, and content invading your brain like viruses, taking over and leaving you a zombie made for their thriving. Don't be a zombie. Your mind is sacred, what you do is sacrilegious. Your mental well-being and your creativity is none of their concern.