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Art is made of ‘thinking’ , but not just yours.

A Thought Stack

Adam Ming
Aug 24, 2023
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Stack your thoughts

The thoughts we collect combine and mix with the other thoughts in our minds.

Out of this thought soup new thoughts emerge, this process is called “Creativity”. Like any soup, ingredients determine the outcome. Sometimes a long-simmering idea soup will continue simmering unchanged until a specific new thought ingredient is added to the mix.

Then boom, Creativity!

The point, keep boiling the soup and keep adding interesting ingredients.

However you think about it, what you think about, determines your reality.

There is a lag effect, but after a passage of time, the things you constantly think about become your reality. Having focused and purposeful thoughts creates a focused and purposeful reality.

You create your reality, first through thinking. Then by acting on your thoughts.

The point, consider your thoughts, encourage the higher ones, and discard the lower ones.

Art is the form of formless thinking.

The artist creates only by filtering and combining thoughts. Some thoughts emerge naturally as a byproduct of experiencing the world. Others are stored in books and art.

Art is a demonstration of how, thinking, becomes reality.

The point, live in reality, make reality - first in your mind then with your hands.


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Emily Charlotte Powell
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I like these thoughts Adam. I think they’re like coffee, they have to percolate slowly, seep in through with time, and with different blends comes evolution!

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