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I think there are pretty valuable things in the generics in there too, like:

Start before you feel ready. Stop before you feel done.

This is a surprising antidote for a lot of behaviours I struggle with (that come from a mix of definite OCD and likely ADHD. It's absolutely a tool for rejecting waiting for inspiration and focussing instead on control of inner drive.

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I personally don't believe a lot of remarkable art came out of any real healthy routines. I think these people were nutty when they made a lot of the stuff. I don't think they had a good sleep schedule or diet, I don't think they controlled their impulses or anything in the realm of don't obsess, don't overthink, don't neglect, and I don't think there was any eat right, sleep right, think right ... at all.

I think they were fucking nuts when the sky hit them.

The advice they give you is for the life they managed afterwards, which you can get from any reasonable person on earth.

But hey, I never wrote anything worth a shit. So, I have no credibility.

I grew up in a family of artists, and while I don't universally agree with your take about nutty artist sky conduits, it rings true in my microcosm. The people I'm familiar with seem driven to create, sleep be damned.

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