IT'S OK TO TALK ABOUT YOURSELF
i've learnt how to relax in conversation, in a way that i couldn't when i was a kid and in my 20s. i wasn't somebody who felt inherently comfortable with myself, or around other people. as a way to make through conversations i would ask people a lot of questions and they would open up, and they would feel close to me; i wouldn't feel much at all, usually. i would just feel like, 'OK, got through that.' it was only as i got older that i realised i needed to talk about myself in conversations. i couldn't just ask a lot of questions; i needed to actually be there, emotionally present, which truthfully is a lesson i always have to be mindful of.
IDEAS COME FROM OTHER IDEAS
finding an idea for what you're going to make your work about, that's a job in itself. it's not going to just descend on you like fairy dust. you have to actually go out and look for an idea. where do ideas come from? they come from other ideas. you have to surround yourself with things that are interesting to you and just notice where your interest goes and where your questions are. notice what gets you most excited to be thinking about and head towards that. but that's a task that you have to set for yourself. you have to say: this i the part of the day when i'm doing that.
- IRA GLASS
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