The poet Goethe is credited as saying, What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
And if there is magic at all to be found, it\'s in starting..
Equal parts needed encouragement to dream big and practical advice for getting your hands dirty, Start UGLY is a soulful, at times irreverent, reminder that Creativity is more the stuff of hard work and courage than it is the stuff of magic.
It\'s a plea to stop looking for the muses and inspiration before you do your best work.
This is a book for anyone who has ever wished they were more creative.
Start Ugly is a celebration of the messy creative process and a call to face the obstacles of that process with mindfulness and humanity.
Creativity is evolutionary; it begins with bad ideas and crappy first efforts and the moment we embrace this idea, not eschewing the ugly beginnings but mining them for possibilities, our Everyday Creativity flourishes.
In any creative effort, the beginning is the hard part, filled with fears and procrastinations, and---often most of all-the paralyzing desire to get it right on the first try (which almost never happens).
Begin it, and the work will be completed If only it were that easy.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
The poet Goethe is credited as saying, What you can do, or dream you can, begin it
