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Where Creativity Goes to Die
A few words from Dr. Seuss’ On, the Places You’ll Go!: The Waiting Place… …for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or … Continue reading
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creating requires doing [the war of art]
This post is the first in what will probably maybe hopefully be a series of reflections on The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. The War of Art is subtitled Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. … Continue reading
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creativity is an act of defiance [the creative habit]
This post is part of an ongoing series of reflections on my reading of The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp. From time to time, I look back at some notes I collected from The Creative Habit to find inspiration for … Continue reading
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eternal timefulness
The process of creating renews my spirit, and I find myself attuned to the details of life rather than being stressed by being overwhelmed. I find myself listening rather than shouting into the void. Creating art opens my heart to … Continue reading
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steven pressfield on creative work
Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.” … Continue reading
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artist's way reflections: week two
I admire, and crave, the freedom my children have when it comes to expressing themselves. My oldest daughter doesn’t need to be called an artist to color, or a ballerina to dance. My younger daughter doesn’t need to be called … Continue reading
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Writing for yourself is a powerful search mechanism: there’s no better way to find out who you are and what you know and what you think. –William Zinsser, On Writing Well
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bird by bird: give and give and give and give
More words from Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: You are going to have to give and give and give and give, or there’s no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from the deepest part of yourself, … Continue reading
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of poets and mathematicians
In Orthodoxy, the ever quotable GK Chesterton writes: Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. Those words have meandered back into my head while reflecting on yesterday’s quote from … Continue reading
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create or die
“We each have to say it, to say it in our own way. Not of our own will, but as it comes out through us. Good or bad, great or little: that isn’t what human creation is about. It is … Continue reading
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