1 – Feel, don't intellectualize
2 – Don't try to be good- just be
3 – The goal is to finish within the form
4 – It doesn't have to mean anything, it just has to make you feel everything
5 – The world seems like disconnected pieces, show its unity
6 – Find freedom in structure
7 – There is no wrong answer here
8 – There's no need to be correct
9 – If what you create baffles you, that's a good thing
10 – Don't stop to analyze
11 – If you're stuck try something new
12 – Say the first thing that pops into your mind
13 – There is nothing to fear
14 – No one fails here
15 – Be brave enough to laugh at yourself
16 – You're not a bad person or a good person, you just …are
17 – Stop judgment for now
18 – You can fly here
19 – You can breath under water here
20 – You are invisible here
21 – You are- indefatigable, invulnerable, immeasurable, invincible
22 – Laugh at yourself, cry for others
23 – We are all exiles here
24 – You can't create anything new, only new combinations of pre-existing things
25 – Don't overthink
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