Creative Motivation

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Dear friends, a thought on my mind, how can we maximize our own personal creativity and motivation? How to get rid of toxic negative people from your life, and just do more of the thing that you want to do?

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Opt for bad

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The first very pragmatic thought I have is opt for bad. That is, better to do a bad job and a shitty job, than no job at all.

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For example, cleaning. I frequently clean the house, and do a \\u201cbad\\u201d job at it, and I am not very thorough. However, the upside is that I just do it a lot, and I think if you weigh everything, the house and place tends to be a net positive in terms of cleanliness.

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Or, in the context of photography and art. The best way to become more creatively productive is to not strive to do or make anything good. Rather, maybe it is a good idea for us to try to make it as bad as humanly possible, but you just do the thing. A big step for us forward as creative artists is to disregard notions of good and bad, just think about if you are productive or unproductive.

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But isn\\u2019t quality more important than quantity?

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First of all, let us consider the definition of the word \\u201cquality\\u201c. What does \\u201cquality\\u201c even mean?

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When I searched this, the notion of quality comes from this notion of \\u201cquale\\u201c, which literally goes to the ancient Greek of a notion of an atom. Therefore, if you consider the \\u201cquality\\u201d of some thing, you were just trying to discern what type of atoms it is made out of.

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Is there a hierarchy of atoms?

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To some extent, yes. For example, if you want to build a robust automobile, maybe it is not a good idea to build it out of wood. Perhaps better to build it out of aluminum or steel instead.

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Or, with our clothing. If you\\u2019re in Siberian winter, perhaps not a good idea to just wear a T-shirt. Maybe it is better to wear down, or a very thick Canada goose jacket.

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Can one really discern what quality is in the context of creativity art

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I think not. For example, if you consider Picasso and his last painting, it looks like even a monkey could\\u2019ve drawn it. But, we know that it has value because it was drawn by Picasso, who had his own artistic legacy, even when he was still alive.

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Or let us consider Matisse, when at the end of his life, his disabilities prevented him from painting in a more realistic manner, and therefore he opted instead for doing construction paper cut outs of seeded women and nudes. but, he is mostly remembered for his abstract cut outs, something that any adept seven-year-old could do.

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Therefore, notions of quality is all about marketing.

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For example, let us consider the Leica camera and the Fujifilm camera. If you think about weight, the Fujifilm camera superior because it is lighter. In real world photography, lightness wins. The lighter the camera, the more likely you are to carry it with you everywhere you go, end up making more photos, and discovering more satisfaction in your photography.

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Leica camera is not the Leica camera which once existed. Leica Camera went bankrupt, and Dr. Andreas Kaufman, an Austrian, bought it out, and revived it to become a new luxury good. Very much how Maybach and its trademark was purchased by Mercedes-Benz. Also, how BMW owns the Rolls-Royce trademark, in actuality, it is not a continuation of the same legacy. Same thing goes with Lamborghini, it was bought out by the Volkswagen group, so essentially when you drive a Lamborghini, you\\u2019re just driving a very expensive Volkswagen. Let us also consider that a Porsche 911 is just a very very good Volkswagen beetle turbo.

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Disregard notions of quality or good

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For example let us consider YouTube. When I started YouTube, in 2010, it was just a random dumping ground for videos. If you had a video wanted'