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Sean Everett reflects on balancing creative expression with responsibility. He describes an internal test: if you worry about putting something out there, maybe don't. The goal is making work that feels good without causing harm to others.
Sean Everett reflects on balancing creative expression with responsibility. He describes an internal test: if you worry about putting something out there, maybe don't. The goal is making work that feels good without causing harm to others.
Good morning. Been thinking a lot about balance points on this Wacky Wednesday, primarily about how we do and create things, create work that we feel good about and don't hurt other people. So I think one of the more interesting balance points that I've found over the years— this is like a balance and check, right, to make sure that you're on the straight and narrow, for lack of a better term. But in essence, one half of the balance point is this: do or create things, say things that you feel good about. And then the other half of this, the other side of the balance, is that make sure those things don't hurt other people. So it's kind of like this old thing, right? Like in America, we have this right to free speech. And so there's often been a debate about, like, can't— what can we say, what can't we say? And I think the conclusion I've come to is very simply, you can say whatever you want, but if it hurts other people, it may not serve you. So I think with our work communication style, how we interact with other individuals, the content we create, even some of the art we create— now, obviously, some of the art is meant to have a An emotional reaction. That is the basis of art. But I think if you can find that healthy place that's, you know, you feel good about and you're not worried about— I mean, one of the tests is if you, if you worry about it, perhaps maybe you shouldn't put it out there. Okay. So that's it. Have a great day and can't wait to see what you create. Later.
