I think it’s good to have a lot of projects going at once so you can bounce between them. When you get sick of one project, move over to another, and… - Austin Kleon

Art is not only made from things that "spark joy." Art is also made out of what is ugly or repulsive to us. Part of the artist's job is to help tidy up the place, to make order out of chaos, to turn trash into treasure, to show us beauty where we can't see it.

If we forget about genius and think more about how we can nurture and contribute to a scenius, we can adjust our own expectations and the expectations of the worlds we want to accept us. We can stop asking what others can do for us, and start asking what we can do for others.

Don't worry about unity from piece to piece - what unifies all of your work is the fact that you made it.