This amazing letter written by Sol LeWitt to Eva Hesse, read by Benedict Cumberbatch.
Hesse was frustrated by a creative block and self-doubt1. LeWitt would have none of it. I’ve had it on playing on loop.
Get out of your head. Just DOOOOOOO.
you are not responsible for the world. you’re only responsible for your work, so just. do. it.
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which is me, in a nutshell, with my dissertation. my supervisors have been basically giving me this same advice. I need to get out of my head, and just. do. the. work. ↩︎