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your work.
And yourself.
Way Walker's personal creativity notes about art, fear, taste, purpose, attention, and the hidden forces that shape what we make.
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Become impossible to replace.
Originality grows from honesty. A body of work becomes unmistakably yours when you return to the truths only you can tell.
What is your sun?
Find the central truth that gives every creative project energy, coherence, and a shared orbit: your sun.
Different rivers. Same water.
Every artist believes they’re unique. But underneath all our differences, most artists are carrying the same quiet hunger.
You need to pay attention to this.
Two people can walk through the exact same day and inhabit entirely different worlds.
A message from the future.
At the end of your life, what will you regret?
Playing in the sand.
Oh what a beautiful way to spend your life...
What do you owe the world?
One of the deepest tensions in living a creative life: Is it enough to be true to yourself…or must you also be true to the world?
Don't sleepwalk into the new year.
I want to talk about something that matters more than goals this year.
The opposite of truth is truth.
We grow up inside this illusion that the world is split clean down the middle.
You own the most famous work of art.
The most famous piece of art in the world isn’t in a museum...It isn’t the Mona Lisa. It isn’t Starry Night.
What remains is enough.
You already have everything you need to make magic.
Expression isn't feeling.
The moment you think you’ve grasped it, it slips through your fingers.
Your worst day ever.
The day is approaching. Every creators worst nightmare. That day…is “Someday”.
Did you forget this?
This is your original why. And somewhere along the way you misplaced it.
When life plays hide and seek.
“It’s always in the last place you look.”
All money isn't good money.
As artists we are free to say: “No thank you. That doesn’t align with who I am.”
Your ideas are alive.
Your ideas are living, breathing forces waiting to break free. Each one fights for survival, growth, and ultimately, immortality.
Speaking the language of "art".
There’s a funny thing I noticed about creative people: we speak in code.
Go deep.
Wrestle with the complexities and the things you don't understand.
Plant the tree.
Plant your tree today.
I found Heaven on Earth
What does a utopian world look like to you?
Capturing life's energies.
Life will throw positive and negative energy along your journey; challenges, curve balls, opportunities, and luck. Capture this energy to propel you toward the person you desire to become.
Send this to every high school graduate.
This speech was so encouraging, that I believe it transcends the advice for a college student and can touch the lives of anyone who hears it.
A message from the birthday boy.
20 pieces of advice I learned over the last decade.
Love and Creativity.
Embrace love. Let it fuel you to express yourself.
A Message to Art. A Message to Self.
This is a poem to art about loss and appreciation.