Great work requires solitude.

Masters of their craft receive praise in public for what they strenuously cultivated for years in solitude. The audience doesn’t take part in the grind. They only witness the final product — the closing achievement that demanded unperceived amounts of struggle, focus, discipline and doubt.

Creative rituals are all over the place. Famous writers swear by the nightly hours while others insist on waking up before dawn. There is no general clock we should all adhere too. Every artist has their prime time.