fun from (creative) freedom
You'd think with the title 'fun from creative freedom', that I'd be able to fly through this piece and yet I've rewritten this line six times so far.
I'm having fun though. For the first time ever, I'm enjoying a creative project (this blog) with no expectations. It's awesome. There's no pressure on creating something for anyone other than myself.
My thought was always what should be fun, should be easy. But perhaps I'm better thinking of it as what should be fun, should be... a release. I mentioned in my 6 months of bear blog post that I'm (selfishly) doing it for me.
Since this shift, I don't feel that same nauseating pressure that comes from trying to create something for someone else. Rather than letting you experience my creativity, I was letting you taint it from the start and wondered why I found myself choking.
Freedom is something you take.
It's a quote that stuck with me from my favourite designer, James Victore. I never really understood it until I started having this feeling of fun. It was my decision to stop worrying about how my work is received and instead have the freedom to get on with it, I took my freedom.
Instead of being concerned with what other people are thinking about what I've posted, I'm too busy moving onto the next thing.
Catch me if you can.