Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started”
Make Things Know Thyself
You might be scared to start
impostor syndrome
figure yourself out instead of making things.
It means that you feel like a phony
who I was or what I was
They don’t know where
the good stuff comes from
Fake It 'til you Make It
everybody sees you the way
you want them to
you have to dress for the job you want
Pretend to be something you’re not until you are
start doing the work you
want to be doing
dramaturgy
Start Copying
We learn by copying
Practice, not plagiarism
Nobody is born with a style or a voice.
Copying is about reverse-engineering
see how it works
Imitation is Not Flattery
figure out who to copy
figure out what to copy
the people you’re inspired by
steal the thinking behind the style.
emulate them
breaking through into
your own thing
move from imitating your heroes
adapt
the moves to make them your own
we’re incapable
of making perfect copies
Examine where you fall short