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Rhystic Cast #7 - Six Memos for the Next Creator (Patreon)

Published:
2022-05-11 21:45:10
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2022-05-11 22:07:12
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In 1985, the Italian author Italo Calvino was set to deliver a series of lectures at Harvard University titled "Six Memos for the Next Millennium." Calvino finished only five of these essays before he unexpectedly passed away, but the writings live on in a book of the same title that was published posthumously in 1988. 

Today, I'm using that format as a way to structure some of my favorite maxims that guide my creative projects. Aspiring creators often ask me for advice on how to get started, or to lend insight into my process, and I often struggle with responding to those inquiries in a concise way. Nonetheless, I hope this podcast episode can give some perspective into my work and provide encouragement to make something cool. 

My six memos are:

Monday is for MomentumStop Begging to Be Liked on the InternetDon't Be LazyDeadlines are LifelinesTurn 100 Hours into 10 MinutesJust Do It

Music in this Episode:PUP - My Life is Over and I Couldn't Be Happier 

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TheProxyGuy

Wasn’t even aware I was doing these so I can say with confidence that these six maxims are the absolute truth.

showtell

Just got your Patreon today! I’m so excited to start supporting you and your work!

Darwin Ding

thanks for making this!!! am enjoying listening to this while watching a sunset scribbling in a notebook.

Alex Bianchi

The affirmative version of “don’t be lazy” is “Be proactive” or in the words of a shoe company “Just Do It”

MURDER SNACKERS

I enjoyed this, Sam. Thank you. ("Art takes time." I suspected that this is true, and then I spent a decade on a novel. Now I *know* that it's true.)

Gryphon

Everything you said rings so true, and that Maxim Article has been a favorite of mine since you first wrote it. I think the two things that you mentioned about your work that I adore the most are the 100 hours into 10 minutes because it makes those 10 minutes some of the most quality and passion packed minutes ever, and the opening with anecdotes, as so many things in life can be applied to other things and it makes both in turn so much more interesting and valuable.

Aaron Tesler

There's a quote at the very end of House of Leaves which I find especially relevant here: "Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer."

Pilisue

I make dolls, and now I am in the process to start it as a serious business, this podcast was very nice to hear, thank you