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The Dark Forest Metaphor
- Creative projects often start confidently but then plunge you into confusion and self-doubt.
- The "dark forest" is the metaphor for that disorienting mid-project stage.
Jad Abumrad's Wagner Panic
- Jad Abumrad described being given a Wagner hour assignment that sent him into panic and missed deadlines.
- He and RadioLab call that intense anxiety the "German forest."
Go Deeper, Not Away
- Everyone goes through the dark forest, so keep working even when it feels wrong.
- Go deeper into the work instead of shrinking away; persistence makes you better.