It's just a diary entry

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I can’t stop thinking about how Rick Rubin recently addressed creative block.

He says it (le creative block) usually comes down to self-judgment or fear of outside judgment (sounds about right!). Then said:

“If you’re making something with the freedom of, ‘This is something I’m making for myself for now’…then that’s all it is. It’s a diary entry. ‘Everything I make is a diary entry.’ The beauty of a diary entry is, I can write my diary entry and you can’t tell me my diary entry wasn’t good enough. Or that it’s not what I experienced. Of course, it’s what I experienced. It’s my personal diary. No one else can judge it. It is my experience of my life. Everything we make can be a personal reflection of who we are in that moment of time.”

The whole 2-hour interview is worth listening to, but I HIGHLY recommend tuning into this bit^ right at the 28:30 mark.

Coincidentally, here’s an excerpt from my actual diary on Tuesday where I examined where I’m feeling blocked.

Rick’s (can I just call him Rick?) whatever-I-create-is-just-a-diary-entry idea is expansive and gracious. It doesn’t rely on discipline. It feels child-like and and allows me to create from a place of curiosity and love of the process. Thanks, Rick!

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On another note, here are some random things I’m into:

• Don’t want it I need it: Ceramic toast candle

• Yiayia’s and Friends’ basil-infused olive oil changed my salad game. It tasted like I added fresh basil when I did not. It was hard to find when I ran out so I ordered the Brightland version and liked it just as much.

• Snagged this flower floor lamp (in red) for the nursery (babe is due next month!).

• Reading Buddhism for Mothers (purchased when pregnant with Etta and recently remembered I have it).

• Another reason to love Heidi Gardner.

What do you think about this idea of art just being a diary entry? Do you buy it? Are there any paradigm shifts that have helped your practice?

B