Christoph Niemann is an author, illustrator and artist. In this talk for 99U (are you sensing the trend?), he talks about the 3 fears that plague every person that counts on their creativity for a paycheck.
Yes, those fears run through my brain but I find that staying focused, not playing the comparison game, and making sure I’m overwhelmed with projects helps a lot.
I’m struck by the 20% rule – spend 20% of your time on something experimental and basically play around.
This is a great way to work out ideas and conduct your own R&D lab. The times when I’m giving myself the chance to play pretty regularly, great things happen. It polishes old skills and develops new ones – plus it helps looking at thing differently, as Christoph shows in this talk.
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