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The Magic Of Making It Up As You Go Along

In Robin Sloan’s Fish: a tap essay, he asks what it means to love something on the Internet. Liking with a single click of the mouse is not the same as loving. To love something means to be moved enough to want more. It means to go back, retrace your steps, to linger.

Yesterday I found something worth coming back to. The best advice you’ll probably ever get about success, failure, fear and doing what you love.

Yes, it really is okay to stop holding your breath while you wait for success to arrive.

If you don’t know it’s impossible it’s easier to do.
If you make mistakes it means you’re out there doing something.
Let go and enjoy the ride.
Pretend to be someone who is wise and behave like they would.
Make glorious and fantastic mistakes.
Break rules.
Leave the world more interesting for your being here.
Make good art.

Image by Pilar Almenar.