Noah Bowman
Beyond the Lens By Noah Bowman
Your Environment Is Either Creating You or Killing Your Creativity
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Your Environment Is Either Creating You or Killing Your Creativity

In this episode, I break down why your phone keeps your brain stuck in reactive mode, and why solitude is what actually lets your best ideas come through. I talk about why your best work probably happened in a very specific environment, late at night, alone, maybe driving, and rarely in front of a screen.

I also share a real story from a shoot I did with a Mustang in an industrial part of LA, and how a late-night drive with the right music let me see the entire shoot before I ever picked up the camera.

You don’t need more discipline. You need a better environment for your brain to actually create in. This episode gives you a simple way to build that environment on purpose.

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