the artist you murdered
the creative shutdown
when you're busy being who others expect you to be, your creative engine stalls. you consume but don't create. you follow but don't lead. you exist but don't express.
it's not that you lack ideas. it's that you've forgotten how to trust them. your true self — the one that knows what to desire, what to ask for, what to bring into existence —gets buried under layers of should and must.
reclaiming your creative power
twenty-one years old, photocopying room in milan, my boss walks in: "il mondo è di chi sa fare le domande, non di chi ha le risposte." the world belongs to those who know how to ask questions, not those who have answers.
here's the thing: you could find aladdin's lamp tomorrow. three wishes, unlimited power. but if you're so misaligned you've forgotten what to desire? if you don't even know what questions to ask? you'll waste the greatest opportunity of your life.
realignment doesn't make you creative. you already are. it just reconnects you with what you truly want to create. because creation starts with desire, and desire starts with knowing who you are.
the creator's return
when you stop splitting yourself between who you are and who you should be, something magical happens: you gain the power to choose. be professional AND wild. logical AND intuitive. serious AND playful. this journey isn't about abandoning the you of today. it's about bringing your whole self to everything you create.
because the world doesn't need more content. it needs more creators who remember how to shine.