Regardless of whether or not we’re formally making art, we are all living as artists. - Rick Rubin

The person who makes something today isn’t the same person who returns to the work tomorrow.

We can’t weigh Source material based on the initial impact it makes on arrival. Sometimes the smallest seed grows into the biggest tree. The most innocent idea can lead to the most consequential writing. Trivial insights can open the doors to vast new worlds. The most delicate message could be of the greatest importance. Even if the seed is nothing more than what we notice — a momentary perception, an unexpected thought, even the echo of a memory — it’s enough. Most often, the hints of inspiration and direction from Source are small. They appear as tiny signals traveling through the void of space, quiet and subtle, like a whisper.

Sometimes the most valuable touch a collaborator can have is no touch at all.