Today’s email is about you.
You see, it took me 2 months to take my YouTube Channel from 100 subscribers to 400.
As I write this email, 7 days later, I have 8,444 subscribers.
All because this video went viral: how to create your best art (nobody teaches this)
I’ve been flooded with hundreds of comments, messages, and emails (this newsletter doubled in subscribers!!!) from around the world.
But here’s the thing…most of you didn’t just share feedback…you opened up.
About your art. Your fears. Your breakthroughs. Your lives.
So I read every. single. one.
And what I found was a portrait of the modern creative spirit.
Here are 4 powerful patterns I noted that stood out to me about all of you.
These notes are proof that something deeper is happening creatively across age, discipline, and medium.
1. Renewal, Not Decline
I lost count of how many people said this video helped rekindle their creativity, especially those older than 50.
But what struck me wasn’t just the quantity. It was the tone.
They didn’t speak from a place of loss.
They spoke from a place of readiness.
Many described themselves as being “reborn creatively,” “re-hatching,” “finally coming home to themselves.”
This generation isn’t done, they’re just getting started again!
How beautiful is that?!
It proves that creativity isn’t age-dependent. It’s cycle-dependent.
And for many, the next cycle begins now.
2. Artists Think Like Athletes Now
I expected mystical language like “flow,” “inspiration,” “muse.”
But I kept seeing words like “reps”, “training”, “creative muscles”, and “discipline”.
Turns out, today’s creators don’t see themselves as waiting on lightning bolts of inspiration anymore.
They see themselves as training for the Olympics of self-expression.
It’s less “divine spark” and more “daily sweat.”
The new creators are all about less magic and more practice.
3. Creativity as Emotion, Not Just Skill
This one hit me hard.
The most common words across all comments, messages, and emails weren’t “talent,” “technique,” or “skill.”
They were "joy," "obsession," "devotion," and "love".
People weren’t just drawn to becoming better at their craft…
They were drawn to feeling more alive through it.
You all reminded me that creativity isn’t about what you can do.
It’s about how deeply you feel while doing it.
4. Same Lessons, Different Fields
This blew my mind.
Engineers. Plumbers. Novelists. Photographers. Data scientists.
All responding the same way to lessons meant for painters and musicians.
What this tells me?
I did not just share a handful of art lessons. They’re human lessons.
The advice was a template for how to build anything deeply meaningful.
In that way, creativity isn’t a niche. It’s a way of moving through the world.
Reading your responses made one thing clear:
We’re living through a quiet renaissance.
People of all ages, from all walks of life, are remembering what it feels like to create from love, not pressure. From devotion, not performance.
This is not a trend.
It’s a shift.
Stay creative,
Dwayne Walker
