Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Sometimes an idea doesn’t begin with an idea. It begins with an itch — a mood, a color, a sentence that just won’t leave you alone. This video is about that strange little spark that makes you want to make something, even before you know what it is.
I talk about how that impulse shows up, why it disappears, and how to catch it before it’s gone.

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