Make the Work You Believe In
There will always be reasons to make something other than what you believe in. What is popular. What is easier. What gets attention. What other people expect. What seems more likely to succeed. Sometimes those things matter. But if you spend enough time creating, you eventually have to answer a harder question: Do I believe […]
The Work Will Test What You Believe
You can say you believe something. But creative work has a way of testing whether you really do. You may say you value simplicity—then struggle to remove the things you’ve become attached to. You may say you care about truth—then soften the part of the story that makes you uncomfortable. You may say quality matters—then […]