The Creative Act: Thoughtforms & Innerworks

The Creative Act: Thoughtforms & Innerworks

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Great art is an invitation.

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Rick Rubin
Nov 23, 2025
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Being moved by someone else’s work and then letting it inspire your own creative expression is not copying. It’s collaboration. A creative back-and-forth based on love and appreciation. When another great work inspires us to elevate our own, we join an upward spiral toward magnificence.

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