Are You Creating or Just Producing?

human copy machines, georgia o’keeffe, slow productivity

Dear Creative,

You need time to do nothing. To stare blankly into the distance. Walk without a destination. Learn, read, listen, nap, play, and be without a goal.

To bring something from your mind into the world, you need time to do nothing. I am not the first to utter these words, and I won’t be the last. Here is why: quantity, volume, pure production do…