Jonathan Nott
@jonathannott.substack.com
Drummer → Writer | Documenting the chaos of life and taking “no worries” seriously.
Take a peek at my journal > jonathannott.com
Take a peek at my journal > jonathannott.com
The future will have two kinds of creators:
Those who generate.
And those who feel, risk, and remember what it means to be human.
Pick a side.
Those who generate.
And those who feel, risk, and remember what it means to be human.
Pick a side.
May 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The future will have two kinds of creators:
Those who generate.
And those who feel, risk, and remember what it means to be human.
Pick a side.
Those who generate.
And those who feel, risk, and remember what it means to be human.
Pick a side.
AI is the death of Authenticity
May 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
AI is the death of Authenticity
Wake up early.
Move your body.
Do something creative.
Not because it’s productive.
Because it reminds you that you’re alive.
Create like your life has purpose.
Become the artist you already are, deep down, beneath the noise.
Move your body.
Do something creative.
Not because it’s productive.
Because it reminds you that you’re alive.
Create like your life has purpose.
Become the artist you already are, deep down, beneath the noise.
May 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wake up early.
Move your body.
Do something creative.
Not because it’s productive.
Because it reminds you that you’re alive.
Create like your life has purpose.
Become the artist you already are, deep down, beneath the noise.
Move your body.
Do something creative.
Not because it’s productive.
Because it reminds you that you’re alive.
Create like your life has purpose.
Become the artist you already are, deep down, beneath the noise.
We are all vessels for creativity.
Let go and let it flow.
Let go and let it flow.
May 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We are all vessels for creativity.
Let go and let it flow.
Let go and let it flow.
Where are all my misfit, introvert, creative, rebellious friends?
Let’s connect! 🤝
Drop your favourite artist in the comments👇
Let’s connect! 🤝
Drop your favourite artist in the comments👇
May 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Where are all my misfit, introvert, creative, rebellious friends?
Let’s connect! 🤝
Drop your favourite artist in the comments👇
Let’s connect! 🤝
Drop your favourite artist in the comments👇
Signs you're creatively dying:
You have ideas but never act
You scroll more than you create
You're waiting for the "right time"
You've forgotten what excites you
You care more about likes than expression
Resurrection starts with one creative act.
You have ideas but never act
You scroll more than you create
You're waiting for the "right time"
You've forgotten what excites you
You care more about likes than expression
Resurrection starts with one creative act.
May 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Signs you're creatively dying:
You have ideas but never act
You scroll more than you create
You're waiting for the "right time"
You've forgotten what excites you
You care more about likes than expression
Resurrection starts with one creative act.
You have ideas but never act
You scroll more than you create
You're waiting for the "right time"
You've forgotten what excites you
You care more about likes than expression
Resurrection starts with one creative act.
AI can generate a thousand mediocre things in minutes.
But it will never have your exact pain.
Your specific heartbreak.
Your weird 3am thoughts.
Your lived experience.
Human creativity isn't dying - it's becoming priceless.
But it will never have your exact pain.
Your specific heartbreak.
Your weird 3am thoughts.
Your lived experience.
Human creativity isn't dying - it's becoming priceless.
May 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
AI can generate a thousand mediocre things in minutes.
But it will never have your exact pain.
Your specific heartbreak.
Your weird 3am thoughts.
Your lived experience.
Human creativity isn't dying - it's becoming priceless.
But it will never have your exact pain.
Your specific heartbreak.
Your weird 3am thoughts.
Your lived experience.
Human creativity isn't dying - it's becoming priceless.
Post the sketch.
Share the photo.
Write the words.
Record the song.
Don’t worry about going viral.
Worry about going numb.
Share the photo.
Write the words.
Record the song.
Don’t worry about going viral.
Worry about going numb.
May 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Post the sketch.
Share the photo.
Write the words.
Record the song.
Don’t worry about going viral.
Worry about going numb.
Share the photo.
Write the words.
Record the song.
Don’t worry about going viral.
Worry about going numb.
Your rational mind is creativity's biggest enemy.
It whispers "you're not good enough" while your intuition screams "make something beautiful."
Stop listening to the gatekeeper. Start listening to the artist.
It whispers "you're not good enough" while your intuition screams "make something beautiful."
Stop listening to the gatekeeper. Start listening to the artist.
May 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Your rational mind is creativity's biggest enemy.
It whispers "you're not good enough" while your intuition screams "make something beautiful."
Stop listening to the gatekeeper. Start listening to the artist.
It whispers "you're not good enough" while your intuition screams "make something beautiful."
Stop listening to the gatekeeper. Start listening to the artist.
The internet is drowning in AI crap while your unique human perspective rots in silence.
May 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The internet is drowning in AI crap while your unique human perspective rots in silence.
0.000025%
That's the percentage of the world you need to reach with your creative work to make a living.
Become the artist we're waiting for.
That's the percentage of the world you need to reach with your creative work to make a living.
Become the artist we're waiting for.
May 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
0.000025%
That's the percentage of the world you need to reach with your creative work to make a living.
Become the artist we're waiting for.
That's the percentage of the world you need to reach with your creative work to make a living.
Become the artist we're waiting for.
We’re entering an era where content will be endless, but truth will be rare.
Make something honest.
That’s the rebellion now.
Make something honest.
That’s the rebellion now.
May 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We’re entering an era where content will be endless, but truth will be rare.
Make something honest.
That’s the rebellion now.
Make something honest.
That’s the rebellion now.
Your brain doesn’t know the difference between encountering a pack of wolves or 50 email notifications.
Both trigger the same stress response system.
No wonder why anxiety is at an all time high.
Both trigger the same stress response system.
No wonder why anxiety is at an all time high.
May 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Your brain doesn’t know the difference between encountering a pack of wolves or 50 email notifications.
Both trigger the same stress response system.
No wonder why anxiety is at an all time high.
Both trigger the same stress response system.
No wonder why anxiety is at an all time high.
My biggest fear isn't AI taking creative jobs.
It's humans giving up on creativity.
Watching people with genuine gifts sitting passively, scrolling through endless fake content instead of making something real.
That's the true death—of soul, purpose, meaning.
It's humans giving up on creativity.
Watching people with genuine gifts sitting passively, scrolling through endless fake content instead of making something real.
That's the true death—of soul, purpose, meaning.
May 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My biggest fear isn't AI taking creative jobs.
It's humans giving up on creativity.
Watching people with genuine gifts sitting passively, scrolling through endless fake content instead of making something real.
That's the true death—of soul, purpose, meaning.
It's humans giving up on creativity.
Watching people with genuine gifts sitting passively, scrolling through endless fake content instead of making something real.
That's the true death—of soul, purpose, meaning.
I just wanted to remind you that you are a legend.
Those ideas, curiosities and beliefs that you're holding inside, they want out.
They don't need to be perfect.
They just need to be free.
Show us that unstoppable energy you’ve been holding back. The world’s ready to hear it.
Those ideas, curiosities and beliefs that you're holding inside, they want out.
They don't need to be perfect.
They just need to be free.
Show us that unstoppable energy you’ve been holding back. The world’s ready to hear it.
May 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I just wanted to remind you that you are a legend.
Those ideas, curiosities and beliefs that you're holding inside, they want out.
They don't need to be perfect.
They just need to be free.
Show us that unstoppable energy you’ve been holding back. The world’s ready to hear it.
Those ideas, curiosities and beliefs that you're holding inside, they want out.
They don't need to be perfect.
They just need to be free.
Show us that unstoppable energy you’ve been holding back. The world’s ready to hear it.
Machines will write faster.
Think faster.
Build faster.
But they’ll never feel like you.
Art is how you prove you’re still alive.
Think faster.
Build faster.
But they’ll never feel like you.
Art is how you prove you’re still alive.
May 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Machines will write faster.
Think faster.
Build faster.
But they’ll never feel like you.
Art is how you prove you’re still alive.
Think faster.
Build faster.
But they’ll never feel like you.
Art is how you prove you’re still alive.
Things you'll never regret doing:
- Nature walks
- Reading a book
- Exploring curiosity
- A meditation session
- Learning an instrument
- Dancing while doing chores
- Starting your creative project
Do more things that improve your quality of life
- Nature walks
- Reading a book
- Exploring curiosity
- A meditation session
- Learning an instrument
- Dancing while doing chores
- Starting your creative project
Do more things that improve your quality of life
May 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Things you'll never regret doing:
- Nature walks
- Reading a book
- Exploring curiosity
- A meditation session
- Learning an instrument
- Dancing while doing chores
- Starting your creative project
Do more things that improve your quality of life
- Nature walks
- Reading a book
- Exploring curiosity
- A meditation session
- Learning an instrument
- Dancing while doing chores
- Starting your creative project
Do more things that improve your quality of life
I feel sorry for anyone who thinks creativity is just a hobby.
In a world drowning in AI-generated content, making something real isn't a luxury. It's survival.
The more fake floods your feed, the more valuable authentic creation becomes.
Create or die.
In a world drowning in AI-generated content, making something real isn't a luxury. It's survival.
The more fake floods your feed, the more valuable authentic creation becomes.
Create or die.
May 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I feel sorry for anyone who thinks creativity is just a hobby.
In a world drowning in AI-generated content, making something real isn't a luxury. It's survival.
The more fake floods your feed, the more valuable authentic creation becomes.
Create or die.
In a world drowning in AI-generated content, making something real isn't a luxury. It's survival.
The more fake floods your feed, the more valuable authentic creation becomes.
Create or die.
This is a photo of me actively creating.
Part 3 of the creative process:
• Be present in nature
• Listen to your intuition
• See what is normally ignored
Part 3 of the creative process:
• Be present in nature
• Listen to your intuition
• See what is normally ignored
May 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is a photo of me actively creating.
Part 3 of the creative process:
• Be present in nature
• Listen to your intuition
• See what is normally ignored
Part 3 of the creative process:
• Be present in nature
• Listen to your intuition
• See what is normally ignored
I realised the other day that stress build up is caused by our mind not being able to tell the difference between:
• Getting hunted by a pack of wolves
• 50 unread notifications
• Getting hunted by a pack of wolves
• 50 unread notifications
May 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I realised the other day that stress build up is caused by our mind not being able to tell the difference between:
• Getting hunted by a pack of wolves
• 50 unread notifications
• Getting hunted by a pack of wolves
• 50 unread notifications
Studying psychology ruined complaining for me.
I’ll start venting about someone and halfway through realise I’m just projecting.
I’ll start venting about someone and halfway through realise I’m just projecting.
May 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Studying psychology ruined complaining for me.
I’ll start venting about someone and halfway through realise I’m just projecting.
I’ll start venting about someone and halfway through realise I’m just projecting.
☕️ I quit coffee expecting better sleep and more focus.
Instead, something weird happened…
And I’m still trying to make sense of it. 🧵
Instead, something weird happened…
And I’m still trying to make sense of it. 🧵
May 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
☕️ I quit coffee expecting better sleep and more focus.
Instead, something weird happened…
And I’m still trying to make sense of it. 🧵
Instead, something weird happened…
And I’m still trying to make sense of it. 🧵
In a world drowning in synthetic content, real creativity is your rebellion, your therapy, and your path to a life that actually feels worth living.
May 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In a world drowning in synthetic content, real creativity is your rebellion, your therapy, and your path to a life that actually feels worth living.
Yesterday I caught myself stressing about my messy house while simultaneously refusing to clean it and then judging myself for not wanting to. 🤯
Three layers of resistance, zero presence.
That's when I realised what presence actually means... 👇
Three layers of resistance, zero presence.
That's when I realised what presence actually means... 👇
May 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yesterday I caught myself stressing about my messy house while simultaneously refusing to clean it and then judging myself for not wanting to. 🤯
Three layers of resistance, zero presence.
That's when I realised what presence actually means... 👇
Three layers of resistance, zero presence.
That's when I realised what presence actually means... 👇