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Ebony Ohen's avatar

love what you said about embracing silence! that’s something i have to make a conscious effort to embrace as well, especially while i’m driving. God be dropping bars in those quiet moments.

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Julia Tian's avatar

Love your writing style - thank you for sharing your thoughts. During my first internship with an incredible illustrator in New York I learned how essential silence is to concentration and self-knowing. I had always listened to music when I painted, but he banned it during our time together, and I quickly found that the quality of my output increased as my full attention was able to go into what I was doing. During those moments of working that require less focus, I found, as you said, that just being able to do some mental processing was really therapeutic. Multi-tasking is so encouraged in our day and age and I think it kills some of the creativity born out of boredom. I am so excited to read your newsletter more now!

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