Today, I’m releasing one of April’s YouTube videos, Eat the Flame.
Here, I’m talking about learning how to slow down, rest, and let my imagination unfold.
I had an emotional breakthrough in meditation one day when my mind was resisting rest but my body was crying out for it. It just reinforced for me that learning how to relax and do nothing—truly nothing—is mission critical.
Many of us wonder why we aren’t more prolific as artists, why we don’t create more, but it never occurs to us that a space needs to be cleared to build something.
If your mind is constantly cluttered with other people’s genius—the brilliant things you read on Substack, the incredible movies and tv shows you watch, the books and scientific studies you read—your foundation is rocky and cluttered. You have to harvest what’s there, store it for later use, and begin preparing the ground to plant something new. There is no art without emptiness. You have to clear your worktable if you want to work.
Watch the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJdsmwgM8g&t=44s&ab_channel=GrayGarland
