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🗓️ 7 April 2022
⏱️ 82 minutes
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James McCrae returns to the mind meld!
James (also known by his Instagram handle, wordsarevibrations) is a poet, meme artist, and the author of How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis, which is available now.
In this mind meld, we muse about why reality isn't a simulation, practical advice on creative expression, the power of mindfully creating and wielding personas, and more!
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0:00.0 | Now administering third eye drops. |
0:17.2 | Welcome back friends, Michael Philip here. |
0:19.7 | We've got a well braze wonder dip that I shall truly enjoy serving you. |
0:27.5 | But first, I want to share the biggest creative secret I have to share. |
0:34.9 | You're either going to love it or hate it. |
0:38.3 | It's either going to alleviate you of your creative anxiety or magnify it immensely. |
0:45.3 | Maybe a little bit of both, but it's this no matter how much experience you have, |
0:51.0 | you'll never know what the fuck you're doing. |
0:54.6 | You're never going to just get good as the kids say or reach some level of |
1:02.0 | adeptness after which everything just flows. |
1:06.5 | It doesn't happen. |
1:07.9 | Yes, there is, of course, skill acquisition. |
1:10.5 | Yes, there is a fluency you develop. |
1:14.1 | And of course, that makes you a little bit more of a well-equipped explorer |
1:19.6 | of the proverbial dark forest. |
1:22.2 | You become a little bit more able to navigate the unexpected in your given |
1:27.6 | discipline because you've gained a bit more grit and self confidence. |
1:33.6 | But you never in my experience or the experience of anyone else I've |
1:38.9 | talked to on this show really fully know what you're even doing. |
1:46.1 | You don't command your creativity. |
1:48.5 | You surf it at best. |
1:51.6 | In this mind mel James says something like you got to have a willingness to get |
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