“When I look back on my best work, it was inevitably created in what I call “The Bubble”. I eliminated every distraction, sacrificed almost everything that gave me pleasure, placed myself in a single-minded isolation chamber, and structured my life so that everything was not only feeding the work but subordinated to it. It is not a particularly sociable way to operate. It’s actively anti-social. On the other hand, it is pro-creative.”
– Twyla Tharp in The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
What is your version of “The Bubble”? What is your deep work philosophy?
February 10, 2017