The market ... demands a signal from you that you're serious, powerful, accepted, and safe. - Seth Godin

Here’s a quote from ultramarathoner Dick Collins: Decide before the race the conditions that will cause you to stop and drop out. You don’t want to be out there saying, “Well gee, my leg hurts, I’m a little dehydrated, I’m sleepy, I’m tired, and it’s cold and windy.” And talk yourself into quitting. If you are making a decision based on how you feel at that moment, you will probably make the wrong decision.

The magic of the creative process is that there is no magic. Start where you are. Don't stop.

Art, at least art as I define it, is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person.