Short read on sharing your creativity and getting discovered from the author of 'Steal like an Artist', a favourite of mine
Rating: 4/5
Crafting something is a long uncertain process. A maker should show her work
Creativity is always in some sense a collaboration - the result of a mind connected to other minds
Stop asking what others can do for you and start asking what you can do for others
Contributing something is better than contributing nothing
Forget about being an expert or professional and wear your amateurism on your sleeve
If your work isn’t online, it doesn’t exist
Process is messy
Become a documentarian of what you do
Work while the world is sleeping and share while the world is at work
‘Post as though everyone who can read it has the power to fire you’
Register a domain name
Be concerned with doing good work and if you build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency
Share your influences
Credit is always due. Don’t share it if you can’t credit it.
When shown something, people’s assessment of it is deeply affected by what you tell them about it
‘Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful’ - Orwell
Make people better at something they want to be better at
If you want fans, you have to be a fan first
Don’t worry about how many people follow you online but the quality of people who do
Enact the vampire test with people - if after hanging out with someone you feel worn out and depleted, that person is a vampire. Vampires can’t be cured so don’t spend time with them
Learn to take a punch. The more criticism you take, the more you realize it can’t hurt you
If you have a troll problem, block them and delete nasty comments
Always keep a mailing ‘list’
Be as generous as you can but selfish enough to get your work done
A successful or failed project is no guarantee of another success or failure
Don’t die, simply disappear for a while
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