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really interesting chapter going over many different mental frameworks to stay on track and be prepared and take on the unknown in creative projects

“when filmmakers, industrial designers, software designers, or people in any other creative profession merely cut up and reassemble what has come before it gives the illusion of creativity, but is craft without art craft is what we are expected to know art is the unexpected use of our craft”

“if we start with the attitude that different viewpoints are additive rather than competitive, we become more effective because our ideas or decisions are honed and tempered by discourse”

“fear makes people reach for certainty and stability neither of which guarantee the safety they imply. I take a different approach rather than fear randomness I believe we can make choices to see it for what it is and let it work for us. The unpredictable is the ground on which creativity occurs.”

really thought provoking chapter about how failure is often stigmatized but it’s a necessary part of the creative process.