Saved by Natalie Audelo
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996
When you’re an artist, all the material is in the dance of life, in taking the time to go camping with your friend or watch tons of movies. It’s in getting back to your play self and being excited to pick up a crayon. Where did you get this idea that you should be constantly producing? Are you alive? Are you getting out of bed? Well, good. You did ... See more
On the fantasy and reality of being an artist
Most of all, I keep working because I trust that creativity is always trying to find me, even when I have lost sight of it. So how do you find the inspiration to work when your passion has flagged? This is where curiosity comes in.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
what makes us a writer in the moment is the state of our mind. Are we interested, curious, noticing, changing our view, always changing our view, loving the world, compelled by the beauty of language? Nothing can take those things away from us and, the truth is, nothing external can give them to us either.