{"id":42030,"date":"2013-10-28T13:41:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T11:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=42030"},"modified":"2013-10-28T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T11:41:41","slug":"joshua-davis-never-let-success-get-in-the-way-of-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=42030","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Davis: Never Let Success Get in the Way of Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/77785831\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Joshua Davis: Never Let Success Get in the Way of Creativity\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAs creatives we strive for some form of success \u2014 some mountain top, goal, or recognition. So what happens when we finally reach the thing we&#8217;ve been aiming for? After a lifetime of experimentation, artist Joshua Davis found his growth slowing after receiving high-level acknowledgment for his work. &#8220;I got lazy, I got comfortable, and I produced less,&#8221; he says. Stagnant and absent of the fear that fuels his creativity, he embarked on a multi-year journey to make himself uncomfortable, switching tools, methods, and collaborators. Along the way, he discovered the pitfalls of the known and the importance of play and fear in the creative process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As creatives we strive for some form of success \u2014 some mountain top, goal, or recognition. So what happens when we finally reach the thing we&#8217;ve been aiming for? After a lifetime of experimentation, artist Joshua Davis found his growth slowing after receiving high-level acknowledgment for his work. &#8220;I got lazy, I got comfortable, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12791,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=12791","url_meta":{"origin":42030,"position":0},"title":"INFLUENCERS TRAILER","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"10\/10\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"INFLUENCERS TRAILER from R+I creative on Vimeo. 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