Audience Comes Last

Light & Thought

Rick Rubin said it best:
 “Audience comes last.”
It feels backwards—but it’s not.
Trying to please makes the work quieter.

Trying to be real makes it speak.
Create from your core, not from someone else’s expectations.

The right people will feel it.

Eventually. Naturally.
Let them come to you.
 Not the other way around.

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