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it’s ok to be creative just for the pleasure of it. delightful, joyous, a lovely gift to yourself and those around you that said, if you want to be Serious and go pro, my core recommendation is to define a compelling creative expedition for yourself
it should, first and foremost, be compelling to *you*. if the artist isn’t interested in their own work why should anybody else be? solving for this can keep you going where others give up and quit (there is no shame in quitting, but if you can plan for success, why not?)
I recommend doing an overview/audit of the work you’ve done, and the work of others that you’ve enjoyed. What are the patterns? What do you like about it? Why? What’s missing? What do you wish someone would’ve done already? Articulating this well can make ppl wanna give you $
you don’t necessarily have to be permanently committed to the first expedition you articulate. But try to come up with something you can give a serious shot for like, 5-7 years. Or at least 1 year if you’re just starting out. https://t.co/svGsmUZYHS
what’s a minimum viable creative expedition? I would say it’s an open question you’re trying to answer. one of mine for eg is “how might we recreate a GOAT-tier creative scene/scenius in our time?” which naturally leads me to investigate historical scenes
a good open question invites people to participate in it, and if you wanna go pro as a creative you’re going to need some kind of participation sometimes what tragically happens with is a artist dies before someone else frames their work in a way that invites ppl to participate
this is true even for Twitter accounts. if you’ve done like 10,000 tweets, I guarantee you there are themes in your work. facing them and seeing them for what they are is a very powerful thing. even outside of the “going pro” frame, it’s self-knowledge