The Creative Act: Thoughtforms & Innerworks

The Creative Act: Thoughtforms & Innerworks

Follow the Pull

Distraction is one of the best tools available to the artist when used skillfully.

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Rick Rubin
Jun 01, 2025
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When focused, working on a project, we may get distracted, sidetracked. An inner battle ensues and we aim to avoid the distraction and stay on course. As counterintuitive and dangerous as it seems, sometimes the information drawing us outside of our purview might create a new way of thinking or a welcome break in the narrow mission we are on.

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