Day twenty-six: Remember.

Who you were is as important to the work you are making as who you want to be. More important actually, because who you want to be is usually informed with what is already out there. What already looks successful. Who you used to be, and all the things you can remember in your life will show up in what and how you make regardless of whether or not you want them to. So, actively dig into that and see what you find. That doesn't mean that your work has to be personal or self-reflective, in fact that will often bore the crap out of everyone but you. It means that your memories contain references to history and locality and reserves of emotion and images that your can use as you make a new world. Your memories can serve as a map instead of a reflection.