So many thoughts, not sure where to begin...
So let's start with the middle and not even worry about the end.
In all honesty, all my stories are vinished, pun intented,
so why would they need an ending, at all?
It has been something I have been breaking my balls head over, for many, many years.
Why do people struggle so much with unfinished products and why do I have issues with finishing things? I know the answer to the latter: finishing reminds me too much of productivity and productivity feels, in a way, like the opposite of 'real' creativity, as it's basically connected to industrialism, factories and unnatural growth.
I just time-travelled back to the past and found a legendary post that I wrote about this theme, 'unfinished stories', 6 years ago:
@vincentnijman/5w4n5q-unfinished-stories
Congratz if you actually checked it out! I am sure it was worth your time ;<)
Now in that same year, 2017, just before I left The Netherlands and moved to Portugal, I wrote yet another post about 'unfinished stories'. In that write up I am referring to Taoism and a book called The Tao of Pooh, that I highly recommend.
You can find the full story ( not the full book ) here:
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@vincentnijman/unfinished-stories
Anyhoo, I have been voice messaging a bit with my good friend and fellow super creative and my intuition keeps getting back to focusing on the creation of some sort of box. filled with a bunch of
goodies creations, in all kinds of formats ( drawings/ paintings/ sketchies, a Hypersensitivosaurus and/ or Cold Turkey T-Shirt, a tea or coffee mug with these awesome creatures on it, my book/ stories in physical and/ or audio ( on USB stick? ) format and so on and so forth. I am even considering giving people the option to choose what they want to receive in their exclusive box.
I sure know that I would love to receive something like this, even more if it would help me support a creative whose work I admire/ insipres me.
Not sure exactly what my next step is going to be ( that's all part of my impredictable creative process ) but I do know that I'll probably start ordering some Hypersensitivosaurus and Cold Turkey mugs very soon and probably some T-Shirts too and that I, meanwhile, will start working on getting some kind of audio files related to 'The Life of Hypersensitivosaurus' ( including both fragments of my book and, very likely, behind the scenes material ).
I feel that this type of unique content will stand out from what most creatives have to offer and - more importantly - I trust my intuition that keeps pointing out that this is exactly what I should start working on, from now on.
TO BE CONVINUED...
P.S. I was thinking of you, while writing this, as one of my biggest fans and a connoisseur of true creativity. Just wish I could find a way to send you one of these boxes in the not too distant future ;>)
P.P.S. If you read this and it excites you, I'd love to hear from you and even if you don't, I plan to continue with this. The Force is Strong in this one!
all pics in this post were taken on a morning walk, today, in the little town where I have been living since February of this year - Coja.