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I’d Be More Creative If…

Allen Ruppersberg why do we fail

Even at our most creative moments, we could go further if it were not for that little voice inside our head.

And that little voice puts up roadblocks. Sometimes those roadblocks are real, but more often those roadblocks are completely constructed from nothing but irrational fear or the most basic of actions. Perhaps knowing that other people share many of the same silly roadblocks–and even knowing what some of them are–will help us all move through them.


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So today’s post is simple. Let’s put it out there. Just complete the sentence “I’d be more creative if…”

I’ll start us off. I’d be more creative if I more regularly created the quietness in my life that creativity requires.

Now it’s your turn.

[Why Do We Fail poster by Allen Ruppersberg]

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  1. Jason L says:
    May 18, 2010 at 10:50 am

    I’d be more creative if I actually applied myself and went out there to do things

  2. Michal Fanta says:
    May 18, 2010 at 10:47 am

    We can be more creative? Cool! 🙂

  3. Steven says:
    May 18, 2010 at 10:45 am

    …I did more projects for myself instead of my job.

  4. Terry Border says:
    May 18, 2010 at 10:44 am

    If I had more deadlines. So that’s what I’m giving myself right now, thanks.

  5. Chase says:
    May 18, 2010 at 10:42 am

    if I would stop reading the photographer tweets with catch phrases and actually create something…

    1. Alice says:
      May 18, 2010 at 10:49 am

      If I wasn’t afraid of rolling the kayak while I was shooting. Also, kind of timid to get those model releases that I need sometimes.

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