Alice Steffler
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To work and laugh simultaneously is to make joyful work.
It is the act of enjoying the people around you so much that it facilitates further ideation and creation in an organic way instead of feeling forced.
The side conversations and off topic thoughts spark inadvertent ideas for the work that you make alongside those bonding exercises.
Not feeling boxed in or held to initial goals is to make joyful work.
It’s about the flow, the movement, the liquidation of a timeline as you work - giving yourself grace to change the end product through a loving process.
Beginning the work process with small boundaries before figuring out how to move around them helps to generate ideas like a web - and the closer you get to the outside of that web, the more excited you feel to land on work that sparks joy.
Be fluid and willing. Give feedback generously. Use any emotion that feels relevant to create the work you want to make.
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