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The beginners mind was actually a goated chapter. It talked about go and how an Ai without any knowledge just the base rules taught itself and beat a grandmaster. But it was because it was experiencing for the first time instead of preconceived notions and norms.

I’m so lost in the book. I think I have to look into the side I’m not working on?

This book is so hard to read. This is like cryptic English. I think that it says the world gives us signs to how to counter our art or inspires it in a way. And that artists live, and use living to make art?

Everything in love as it happens is art. If we don’t act on our art or thing we want to do or creates it happens elsewhere

Beginners mind. I enjoyed this section of the books lot. It was about approaching things that you do on a regular basis with a fresh almost childlike mind. Approaching things while being naive, and how it can open up a whole new way to the things that you do.

Loved it. You don’t always have to follow the rules, don’t aspire to average. Value your own voice, develop and cherish it. Communicate your singular perspective. Think beyond what’s been done before. Continually challenge your process.

I enjoyed today. Throughout the entire creation process, we can become stuck. A good strategy is to lower what’s at stake. We should submerge ourselves in the process of making things. Don’t let the concept of papancha get to you. Be grateful, grateful that we are fortunate enough to create. Have a desire to create that is bigger than our fear.

These chapters were great. “It’s always there” The sun being a big impact on my mood is exactly how I feel. But it made my perspective on a gloomy day, that even through those thick clouds the sun is still there and will shine through again. “self doubt” flaws are human and while we may wish it gone it is there to serve us. Imperfections make us who we are. Without it we are soulless in the things we do.