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Neuro-divergent artist with an incredible life story From fire to AI our discoveries shape the world and in turn we have to make internal discoveries to adapt Creativity is a powerful coping mechanism and I'd feel honored to share all my tricks with you
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Creating voids can be challenging, it is always rewarding Start with yourself, imagine a slightly different You One that would wear a totally different style of clothes for instance Then push the game a little further Always stay comfortable with yourself, Creativity is a playful adventure!

You might ask yourself " what do they want from me? " And a better question would be " what do I want from myself ? " - " I want to know all about you " - " I want to know all about me too " - " That's not what I was asking " - " I know, it's not what I was asking either "

Two dogs having a walk A dog and a cat having a walk A dog and a fish having a walk A dog and a whale having a walk A dog and the hologram of a giant squid god having a walk Creativity comes from creating distance, a void that can be filled with possibilities. Bigger the void, bigger the..

Creativity applies to emotions An example to trick your inner critic if it gets loud " You critique so well, you are relentless and unbelievably talented! Every part of me is absolutely awesome including you! " Inner critic's ego is satisfied, they feel joy, all the inner parts have a party!

Creation loves opposites and complementarity To be creative is to awake different parts inside yourself and listen to them The wider the field of exploration, the more excited the brain is to explore it, and the bigger the closet, the more unexpected what could come out of it !

Creativity is cultivating the path inwards It means learning about doors and the keys that open them, learning about new vessels and means of navigating inner matter It is a celebration of courage and strength, a way to get to the inner springs of power, joy, and love that feed progress

Three types of space : Private : the home Public : the street Artistic: the scene You can do anything in your home You can't do that on the street You can present anything on a scene, even though there is a public, because they consent Art is a consensual space Ask your ideas for consent

Your thoughts inherit your emotional structure You only feel free to go wild when nobody's looking Your thoughts want to throw a party and have fun together, and a good way for them to feel comfortable doing so is to know it will be private Creativity is boosted by a healthy sense of privacy

There is a plant you don't like in your garden? Focus on planting a forest around it Soon enough the disturbing plant will be insignificant and out of sight

If an idea that sits on top of a hierarchy doesn't produce the expected results, you can stay on the surface and ponder the choice of the idea that sits on top Or dig deeper and reconsider the use of hierarchies alltogether

The body is the garden in which the mind grows Imagine a switch that turns emotions and thoughts off Anytime a thought or an emotion turns up, flip the switch Flip it again and again until the body is at peace A huge part of creativity grows outside of thought

When making art, try to teach yourself emotional range by dedicating time to making "bad" art Yes, that's right, something you would classify as "bad" You will force yourself into real freedom : freedom to feel good no matter what

It's easy to be creative when you start with your own emotions Go back to a time when you felt an emotion as a child, and try to imagine how you could have felt a completely different emotion having the knowledge you have now That was easy wasn't it? Praise your effort before trying again

Creativity gives us the power to rearrange the world and ourselves We can be stuck in the " efforts vs benefits " horizontal relationship to reality We can also see that as a consequence of being real, and use our minds to use the power of the unreal to manipulate reality

Deconstructing yourself is also tearing apart the problematic beliefs that were ingrained in your heart and mind Death and destruction can be very positive Creativity is about tearing down that beautiful construction to use the bricks to build something else Impermanence is bliss

It is interesting to better the situation when a system is failing It is interesting because to counter the power of anger, fear, and toxicity, fighting doesn't work Only building a better offer works, and that's when calm, determined and ethical creatives shine

Easily change what you defined. Tag anything that interests you and change the tag to shift perspectives You could tag a car as "fast" Now imagine you own a slow car, how would your relationship with it change? What would you do with it?

Get rid of existing ideas! Through meditation, detach from anything you already know and cling to Go beyond fear and love, and in the silence created by distance watch new ideas and relationships to yourself flourish

If you think of changing something then it's too late Just invent another imperfection to improve Perfection is static, perfection is death Life is movement and ilperfection

Creativity is born from the contrast between elements Like colors reveal themselves next to their complementary Picture a glass of water in the middle of the ocean Then picture a glass of water in the middle of the desert Label them both "Creativity" One of those has a greater impact

Your pie tastes awful? Study how it was made and avoid pies sharing similarities Maybe think of focusing your attention on anything but pies Thinking out of the box implies faith that out of the unknown will emerge something good enough to replace the bad pie Searching in itself is nourishment

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Love is the most interesting of powers for it goes inwards and outwards All the love you give makes you love yourself for being a loving person, people who receive love also tend to give some back All the love you give yourself improves the quality of the love you give It is a virtuous cycle

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Our brains are like a social club for ideas A place full of regulars Being a new idea trying to enter the premises is very intimidating Emotions are the band, setting the mood Mute the band (meditating, doing nothing, taking a walk) and the regulars leave And newbies come in to fill the seats

Creative tip: Let go To change unpleasant environments, face towards the goal and tell everyone it is possible to get to a better place Focus only on the good and make others want to follow Let the shadow inhabit the dark, walk in the light, be the light

Complementary is the key word in creativity Just as it is in color theory A color shines differently when neighboring different colors A cloned multitude of the most interesting character makes all of them dull Quality of interaction ( complementarity between elements ) beats quantity

Do you think everything takes practice? Then don't forget to practice doing nothing. Producinging high quality nothing is essential to creativity. What grows in nothingness gives depth to creative endeavours.

You are either creating or consuming Start doing nothing with a notebook and a pencil at hand Write anything that pops " I am bored, I'd rather be doing... " Do not think about an end result, a product to be produced and consumed Build habits slowly, starve the fear of starving

Creativity and honesty go hand in hand Arranging objects in an original manner calls for an honest investigation of their properties Wanting to write a good story about dragons out of love for them implies honestly facing what you hate about them As describing hated types knowing why you 🧡 them

We, as a species, are responsible for climate change? Or. Very few people, pushing for extreme consumerism so they can hoard money, are responsible for most of the suffering on our paradise planet including climate change?

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Creative tip: Embrace the problem to change the point of view "Impossibility to walk" becomes "opportunity to understand and explore stillness" "Not appealing to the masses" becomes "Extremely appealing to a happy few"

Some people are so far gone a logical discussion is impossible Same goes for societies We can imagine a new society with which a discussion is pleasant All that we built started as a thought Tweaking the old world makes no sense when we can build a new one

To fight something, stop mentioning it, think outside of its existence Then and only then can you share the solution with others When tired of violence, pointing fingers at the violence of some is less healing than painting a functional peaceful world that only violence-free people can enter

The parable of rain, an example of creative thinking: rain drops are all the same, made of water The space in-between the drops and what fills it is way more interesting Displace your focus from the drops of rain to the space between them

Creative trick Once a tag is inverted the story is enriched Two protagonists One is human, the other is a machine ( tag : human / non-human = machine ) The possibilities of such a protagonist make the encounter more suspenseful 2001 a space odyssey Terminator Ghost in the shell Just one tag

Creative trick Put tags on protagonists and choose one to invert Tags are the obvious in a protagonist Ex for a human Tags : alive, solid, mobile, feeds Inverted : .Alive / dead, ghost, half-alive, inert .Solid / liquid, gaseous, holographic .Mobile / static, randomly displaced, immobilized

Creativity tips Face boredom Go for a walk with nothing but a notebook and a pen, enjoy your surroundings and face boredom Face time without the dopamine shots you get from your appliances Your brain will fight boredom by creating To stop consuming is to produce

Context is all The reality of our surroundings change Accept it to be a mature creator The moment humanity discovered the solar system is not eternal we became a different kind of species One whose future is not linked to a planet We are to become space travelers A self-image revolution ?