The Resilient Creative

The Resilient Creative

On the simplicity of writing & week 39 of 52

The notepad doesn't have to be yellow (or even a notepad).

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Jen Knox
Feb 08, 2025
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Have you ever seen someone look up toward the sky, as though receiving an answer before speaking? If you watch old interviews with David Lynch, he did this.

Once, in an interview on creativity, Lynch said that if you have a yellow notepad and a pen on your lap for long enough, the words will arrive on the page. Ideas come.

I don’t think it’s more complic…

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