Let's allow ourselves to have fun
11th September 2016 | for Creatives | creative process, create for YOURSELF, artist integrity, writing, creative freedom, Alan Watt, TAKE RISKS |
"Let's allow ourselves to have fun, to take risks, to make wild choices, and always, to hold it all loosely. We are after a sense of aliveness and surprise."
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