creator philosophies / courtesy of @divya_venn

I think any creative work is best when the artist is not thinking about anybody else except himself and his highest ideal of art.

Nothing is in his universe except himself and his art. The dancer is alone in the world. The writer is writing for no one. The musician is playing as the ship sinks. The painter is painting on forbidden canvas. This is essential to any truly profound inspiration. All great work, work that ends up touching people most profoundly, that they take most personally, that feels the most specific to them, comes from a place of forgetting people completely. The minute the artist starts thinking about how people will receive his work, the minute he starts playing any perception games, what he creates feels less real, less relevant, less good. I also think this applies to everything, not just art