Stop Trying to Be Michelangelo

What's inspiring us now: creative books, vintage music, and overcoming the lies that kill our art.
Three Key Takeaways
Stop reading books that feel like work. Cooper's current approach to books: ditch the business/self-help books that feel like trudging through mud. Use AI for 2-page summaries and focus your reading time on stories, characters, and creative narratives that actually spark ideas.
Your creative calling might not look like what you expected. Sometimes you're not meant to be Michelangelo with the blank marble—you might be the person who comes in at year two to help perfect the…