The simple secret to creativity from painter Jasper Johns: do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.
The first ‘do’ is by far the hardest. And if you don’t know where to start, start anywhere.
The best framing on how to start something creative came a couple of years ago, it’s already classic. It came from Rick Rubin who also did one of the few great books on pure creativity, The Creative Act. Some people found it too fluffy and hippie-like, but I took many notes while reading the book.
But back to the framing, this is brilliant;
If you’re making something with a freedom of “this is something I’m making for myself for now”, that is all [you have to do].
It is a diary entry.
Everything I make is a diary entry.
The beauty of a diary entry is that I can write my diary entry and you can’t tell me that my diary entry wasn’t good enough. Or that [the diary entry] is not what I experienced. Of course, it’s what I experienced: I’m writing a personal diary for myself and no one else can judge if it is my experience of my life.
Makes it much less scary, do it just for yourself. Don’t announce anything creative, make it and then show it. Maybe to just one person, maybe to the world. And if you like it, other people might also like it.
Oh, LHF = Low Hanging Fruit
That’s it!
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