Not everything happens at the desk. Some of the best work comes after stepping away.
Walking barefoot on the sand. Watching light move across the mountain. Sitting still long enough for the noise to stop. These aren’t breaks from work — they are the work. I’ve learned that the moments I take to disconnect and reconnect with nature, with myself, with something bigger than the studio — those feed everything else.
The best lines I’ve drawn came after hours of doing nothing. That’s not laziness, that’s process. You have to empty out before you can put something honest on paper.
I think about this a lot. In a world that tells you to produce constantly, the most radical thing you can do is stop, go outside, and listen. The work will be there when you come back. And it’ll be better for the pause.