This was such a beautiful and informative article, Anne! I love the sentence: "Constraining yourself to only producing a series of work that conforms to certain constraints paradoxically allows for more creativity and authenticity." It's a recent discovery for me and something I've been trying to do with my writing in the last few weeks. I used to fear that, if I set some boundaries for my writing, I would stop getting ideas for my articles. Instead, the very opposite is happening! I'm hit with way more ideas than before! Great read. I enjoyed reading about your painting process and experimentation, too.
Thanks so much Caterina! I am as well trying to apply this to my writing but haven't gotten very far yet. I recently saw a limited series that another Substacker did--six articles all on one topic--and it seemed to work really well. Alternatively, I like the idea of structuring each newsletter in the same way, for example always including the same elements.
This was such a beautiful and informative article, Anne! I love the sentence: "Constraining yourself to only producing a series of work that conforms to certain constraints paradoxically allows for more creativity and authenticity." It's a recent discovery for me and something I've been trying to do with my writing in the last few weeks. I used to fear that, if I set some boundaries for my writing, I would stop getting ideas for my articles. Instead, the very opposite is happening! I'm hit with way more ideas than before! Great read. I enjoyed reading about your painting process and experimentation, too.
Thanks so much Caterina! I am as well trying to apply this to my writing but haven't gotten very far yet. I recently saw a limited series that another Substacker did--six articles all on one topic--and it seemed to work really well. Alternatively, I like the idea of structuring each newsletter in the same way, for example always including the same elements.