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A place where I'm gonna try to be constant with myself. Talking about my creative process, what I'm working on, maybe travels, life, inspiration, and those big projects that I hope, one day, to come true...

All of these, while I'm trying to improve my English. So, sorry for the typos. Jajaja.

Entry #1

So... Where to start?

That was the question... THE BIG QUESTION🙋

I decided to start with the fear of being read and vulnerable without knowing what I'm doing. But, at the same time, with the encouragement of finally being able to upload this website!!

Guys, I have had this domain for about a year and haven't done anything... Until now... *insert chan chan chaaan music*

I finished reading "Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon. And, I admit that, after reading the book, I was really inspired.

The writer gives you some tips to improve your creativity. Also, talks about the huge importance of starting, being connected with the internet, learn how to create and "steal" other works from other artists and use them in your own projects, the importance to have a creative circle and how to select them; get out of the comfot zone; and how life could be hard if you don't organize and prioritize your finances...

The whole book is awesome and full of cool quotes from other artists. However, two pages shocked me:

And the sentence "start a blog" gives me the boost to fuck all the things I was planning for the website's release and the development of other projects. And, just START. Yes, put myself out and work these projects that are written in a notebook or hanging on my wall, unknowingly, how far they will go.

I don't know when I started to be so perfectionist and less risky and impulsive... Maybe when I started to see other amazing artists around the world creating amazing things. Or, maybe when I had the opportunity to learn from some teachers and friends how to design stuff through so many lists, cronograms, and trying to improve my skills. Don't get me wrong, it's important to have processes and steps to concretize stuff. However, sometimes, thinking of all those steps makes you forget to do your projects. And get afraid of not doing them right. That's not fun.

We need to start from scratch and then die with a knowledge or experience. As said in this page from the book:

The most important thing to do is: START. And that's the key for everything 🙌

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