Layla Hamieh

“The downside to working from certainty is that the more certain we are about what we’re doing, the more we tend to achieve similar results over and over again. Even if these results turn out to be reasonably well received, we will still be captives within the world of the mundane. To get out of this loop and open the door for Other Ideas, we must embrace the second type of work: uncertain.”
― Yonatan Levy, The Other Ideas: Art, Digital Products, and the Creative Mind

“We freak out when we get lost. As soon as we don’t know where we are and where we’re heading, our strong attraction to certainty and familiarity takes over. We almost can’t help it; we’re hardwired this way. The brain craves certainty—it’s a product of our evolution, a part of our survival instinct.”
― Yonatan Levy, The Other Ideas: Art, Digital Products, and the Creative Mind

“When we don’t have a problem to solve, we don’t feel a sense of urgency or a need to demand inspiration. We don’t feel a need to change things, challenge ourselves, widen our perspectives, or strive in any meaningful way for something greater.”
― Yonatan Levy, The Other Ideas: Art, Digital Products, and the Creative Mind

“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning