It was interesting how Steven Pressfield writes that research can become our own resistance. I made sense of it by thinking that if we get sucked up into a black hole of just looking stuff up we can't start on our projects. Also the part about getting drafts done really stuck with me. That I should just get things done and not really think about quality, but just getting things out. This is what we talked about last class and I'm still not in that mindset but I need to get things done. ASAP. Song writing is not something I've done before and the thought of taking on something like it is daunting. "Ideas don't come linearly" is also something I could take away from this book. I feel like I have this fantasy about how people can just come up with projects and art instantly and how some people are just good at what they do. But everything is just a process and I just need to let things flow. I shouldn't think about whether something is perfect or if it sounds good. I just need to go with my ideas as they come.
The whole reading really drove the points we talked about in class home. I mean not really home I still have yet to get into that mindset of just getting my drafts and stuff out, but I think reading more of these things and watching inspirational videos are really helping my confidence go up.
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