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Es Devlin — Letters to a Young Creator

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Letters to a Young Creator is a collection of honest perspectives on what it takes to make something great, written by people who have done it before. Featuring Tim Cook, Jony Ive, Bob Iger, Paola Antonelli, Jon M. Chu, Es Devlin, and many, many more.

Es Devlin — Letters to a Young Creator Dear young creators, The two questions that I am most frequently asked by young creative people are: Where do your ideas come from? and How do you retain your sense of self while making works in collaboration with others? Ideas come to me when I am not seeking ideas. They come to me later, when I am being fully present in the current moment. They arise when I am being fully alive to the continuation between myself and the planet. They surface when I’m feeling the wonder of gravity and my continuity with all who are drawn by her. As one of the monks at the

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