tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172085.post5133935106104438295..comments2024-03-28T00:09:51.926-07:00Comments on updated sporadically at best: The Angst OverheadJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589732756618196545noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172085.post-63308843183025426382016-03-17T23:52:07.764-07:002016-03-17T23:52:07.764-07:00Ah, this was a post that I really needed to hear. ...Ah, this was a post that I really needed to hear. <br /><br />Particularly:<br /><br />"Still, many of us cling to the association between creation and masochism...We want to produce good work in the world, so we produce pain in ourselves...The weight of what we want to achieve overwhelms us. It is difficult not to obsess until we have brought our abstract idea into the world of the concrete. But we fail to realize that this angst, while often a product of creation, does not produce creation.<br /><br />...It is not necessary to feel the weight of the entire project with each forward step. Allowing work-angst to absorb us--or worse, believing that the angst is what makes the work good--often only wastes energy."<br /><br />Time to do some things, and focus more on the work than the work-angst. <br /><br />Thank you!glassquarterhttp://glassquarter.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172085.post-9669748585005759792016-03-06T09:53:44.669-08:002016-03-06T09:53:44.669-08:00I like Ben's answer about joy and fun. On a re...I like Ben's answer about joy and fun. On a related note, joy/fun makes it easier to attract and motivate students/collaborators as well, which counts for a lot.Philip Guohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989580992597347789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172085.post-75779298701025712372016-03-05T20:39:57.990-08:002016-03-05T20:39:57.990-08:00Read Robert Boice.Read Robert Boice.Norman Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978607749924956287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172085.post-90662268584877194662016-03-05T09:07:10.964-08:002016-03-05T09:07:10.964-08:00Great post! I would go even further and say that t...Great post! I would go even further and say that the creative process should be one of joy and fun. Amin Vahdat told me at an NSDI long ago that I needed to have more fun in my work. That's helped tremendously, and also helped unleash my inner goofiness on my students. Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936659851695940856noreply@blogger.com