[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Creativity]] - People: [[Tom Sachs]] - Source: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dBH5SjrRsU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dBH5SjrRsU&list=PL8CvrAIP84B50Uud1Igr33f3fvZiSDV1x) --- ## Summary ## Notes ### Week 1: Setup your setup - Evaluate the situations. - Sometimes it's not possible to plan your work or workflow. - Take the time to TAKE INVENTORY of what you have. - What do you have. - What do you need. - GET SETUP. The size of your toolkit doesn't matter. - "[[A bag of pencils will get you just as far as a basement workshop]]". - UNDERSTAND: - What you have to work with. - Where you will be working. - Your way of working. (Your [[Philosophy of work]]). Your setup. - Other people's way of working. Your collective philosophy of work. Our setup. - [[Do not use what you don't have as an excuse for not getting things done]]. - Keep your setup in working order. You should be ready the go the moment you sit down. - Always sharpen your tools. ### Week 2: Pencil to paper - [[Feel the fear and do it anyway!]] Put pencil to paper. - [[The point isn't to make something perfect. The point is to make, period.]] - [[Overcome writer's block by leveraging an arsenal of mechanisms and tricks to fool yourself into working better.]] - 1. First thing in the morning, output before input. - 2. Get your setup. [[Always be knolling]]. - [[Cleaning connects you with your material]]. - 3. Find authentic inspiration. - 4. Be a thief. - 5. Do what you love, without obligation. - "Be selfish. Steal this time and make it yours." - Be present with yourself. Be honest with yourself. Embrace your mistakes. - [[Embracing your mistakes is an exercise in self-forgiveness]]. - Define and perform your [[Ritual]]. - A RITUAL is a set of actions intentionally and consistently performed before and during the doing of something. - Don't be precious about it. Just make.