Ten Minute Artist

Ten Minute Artist

There is no path until you walk it

On Playing the Fool with Ethan Hawke, Jack Kirby and Brian La Rossa

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Adam Ming
Jun 08, 2023
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I put all the notes at the top in case you want to just take those and run with it. Chew on them. Brood on them, without any commentary.

“There is no path until you walk it” - Ethan Hawke

I heard the Ethan Hawke quote in a reel. I shared it on Instagram, and a couple of people wrote to tell me how much they loved it. So I looked for the source, which was actually a Ted talk. Here it is:

In the talk, Ethan Hawke equates being creative to playing the fool. We have to give ourselves permission to be creative because no one else will.

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