The Creative's Journey

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Take Aways

- In your early days of creative work, take risks, don't do things just for the money.

-The value of actually doing free work, sometimes it's valuable and can actually pay in exposure. -Sometimes you can do work for free

-When your do creative work for others, be patient, let them take control a lot of times, because its their work, sometimes. People who consume and buy creative work think they know how work is done. When you get hired as a creative your a work horse

Action Items

• Write down or define why your started making things originally and learn about your original passion. Was it self medication, expression? Both? Or something else?
• Be bold in your creativity, especially if you are young, take risks, works for free sometimes(if its something you believe in)

Hey guys! In this episode of creative therapy I share the first lesson I believe everyone should learn and apply to their life.

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Artistic Takeaways

• Fluid process of working, don't get stuck 
• Allow constructive negative feedback
• If you want good work, consume lots of it(read lots of books to make good books)
• Reading allows you to live many lives

Life Takeaways

• Self destiny, Cassidy turned her rejection from publishing houses to a positive by self-publishing taking matters into her own hands directing her own destiny
• Tenacity, your mindset sets the tone of your life experience
• Don't let others' opinions rule over you, like stated before, carve your own destiny

Process 

• Idea/Inspiration/Anchors - Story Ideas
• Outlining/Scaffolding Work - Story General Outlining
• Create Work/Write - Finish Chapters 
• Revisions - Revise Chapters

• (TOOL)Creative Partner - Critiques in revision stage and throughout process 

Action Items

• Make your proces fluid, find a new way to work on your art you haven't before. Draw in your closet, sing under your desk. 
• Don't wait for things to happen, be proactive and find what you want from the world.
• Find a creative partner to help you with your work.

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Artistic Takeaways

Keep on making - pump out volume

1. ABC always be creating 
2. In your head, a poem, a dance, who cares.

In the beginning you will think pure aesthetic beauty is the apex of art, that is wrong

1. Find your message, read next point

Art - Iterate on the past

Life Take Aways

Like much of america’s youth, myself included. Margo did not know what to stand for or what her message was at a young age.

1. Find out what matters to you.
2. How? Learn, read, consume information from people much wiser, aka books.

Understand no work is truly finished, you have to part at some point

1. Life is not perfect, you must learn to accept things and compromise

You can get lost in the sauce and make it out.

1. Cliche, but don't let your failures define you.  

Being real/honest works for some people, and can empower you. 

Process 

• Ideation/Inspiration - What moves her, what's the message.
• Research - Any direct or peripheral information regarding subject
• Sketching/Working Intermittently - Sketching and drafting
• Revise Drafts/Sketches - What are the common threads, what is the story here?
• Flesh out work - Complete work 
• Iteration - Revise and edit until completed.

Action Items

• Ask yourself artistically why and what you are trying to say
• Make something every day, ABC always be creating
• Be honest and direct about what you feel. Do it nicely; it will empower you.

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Artistic Takeaways

• Expensive equipment does not equate immaculate work. Your tools are only as good as you can express yourself with them. etc
• Creators Block Happens - Plan things out,Take Breaks, find your way to recharge
• If you want to be good don't clout chase, put in the time, and let your passion fuel your drive.

Life Takeaways

Iteration and sleeping on it. Good ideas take time.

Process 

• Inspiration - Search IG/Pinterest 
• Location - Find good location/architecture
• Discover and find a locations
• Document/save it
• Model 
• Collaborate on a look/styling
• Stresses the importance of good models
• Same as equipment, being good looking does not equal being a good model
• Shoot - Shots are done underexposed so they can be edited in post
• Edit - Playing with shadows in Adobe Lightroom
• Shoots under exposed so he can edit in post

Action Items

• Try making a piece of art that is with the minimal tools, if you draw just use a pencil if you paint only use one brush or color. Try more with less
• Sleep on your ideas and obviously big decisions, your subconscious needs to marinade on ideas.