Meaning: don't keep using things you are good at or that are precious to you. Expand your horizons, try new things. Don't get too wrapped up in something that you fail to see its shortcomings.
This has been particularly helpful as I navigate artist ruts and episodes of un-inspiration and embarrassment at failure. I'm at the point in the semester where I'm feeling stuck, like I've hit a wall and I can't quite break it down to the glory and amazing talent on the other side. See, I don't even know what's on the other side cause I haven't even broken down the wall yet. I don't have the means to, I'm just standing there staring at it.
Murder your darlings is supposedly a F. Scott Fitzgerald quote, supposedly from the Great Gatsby, but I have read the whole book and have not stumbled across it yet. Which means it's probably not there. But nevertheless, it's still inspiring.
Good luck getting out of ruts this week! Murder your darlings.
Happy Monday!
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