“Perhaps, if you’re fortunate, your job is in sync with your work. But most of the time, our work is something we have to fight for. It’s not something we’re given, or apply for. It’s what we choose to do. The change we seek to make, the people we seek to serve, the decisions we insist on being responsible for. Doing our work is a calling. Doing our job is an offer to follow someone else’s instructions.” -Seth Godin
To do meaningful work and have a great artistic experience…
You don’t need to be picked or ask for permission.
You just need to be willing to do all the same work if you were picked and permitted. Because at that point, you’d have to. Because it would be your job.
Instead, why not do it all just because you want to?
Ask yourself, “How far am I willing to take it solo?”
Find your anchor project. So many good and unexpected things will come your way once you do.