with Brennan, April, Tony, Kristen & Jordan
<aside> <img src="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/chat.png" alt="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/chat.png" width="40px" /> Playtest 003: Thursday - May 11, 2023
We Gatherned around clips from a Rick Rubin interview with Joe Rogan, “Rick Rubin Shares His Secrets for Creativity”.
Here are the highlights from our conversation.
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The Social Power of Authenticity
We've discovered that authenticity - being ourselves - is at once terrifying and liberating. It requires courage to express our unique truths, to step outside the tribe and confront feelings of loneliness and cultural otherness. Yet, in doing so, we ignite a beacon for others who resonate with our experiences. As we share our vulnerabilities, we find ourselves surrounded by individuals who echo back, "I feel that too." Thus, the isolation dissipates, replaced by a sense of shared experience and a newfound community.
The Art of Crafting Luck
We unearthed the compelling dance between subject and object, and how that interplay influences the success of our endeavors. We explored the intriguing concept of 'making your own luck', especially as it relates to entrepreneurship. The dialogue pivoted around the idea of not just waiting for the right conditions to materialize, but actively shaping our environment to usher in the desired circumstances. We pondered how ideas might be too early for their time, and how we might either subsist until the right time or craft the conditions to make the right time, now.
Transformational Dialogue
We found ourselves playing the role of midwives to each other's expressions, birthing insights and new perspectives within our shared conversational arena. As a collective, we marveled at how conversations could serve as small, transformative experiences, illuminating corners of our minds we hadn't previously explored. Even the potential nerves or discomfort found in this journey only further underscored its transformative, even fractal, nature. Importantly, we questioned if, through our interactions, we were teaching ourselves to be more playful and creative in all aspects of life.
