quotes – swissmiss
Creativity is informed by what you feel, not what you think, and learning to tune into those feelings is what is ultimately going to carry you through when distractions come.
Quincy Jones • 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
Self-awareness allows us to listen to what’s going on in the body, and notice the energetic changes that either pull us forward or push us away.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
Substack Notes Are Like Lightning Bugs
They flicker briefly—quick sparks of light in the dark.
They don’t try to illuminate the whole night.
Just a moment.
Just enough to make you turn your head,
to notice, to wonder,
Was that light?
They’re here and gone,
but when released with intention,
they draw others.
They remind us we’re not alone in the dusk.
That t... See more
They flicker briefly—quick sparks of light in the dark.
They don’t try to illuminate the whole night.
Just a moment.
Just enough to make you turn your head,
to notice, to wonder,
Was that light?
They’re here and gone,
but when released with intention,
they draw others.
They remind us we’re not alone in the dusk.
That t... See more
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can. It doesn’t have moments, but events. Experiences that tickle the soul, sending shivers down the spine.”10
Jane McGonigal • Reality Is Broken
Art may seem to involve broad strokes, grand schemes, great plans. But it is the attention to detail that stays with us; the singular image is what haunts us and becomes art. Even in the midst of pain, this singular image brings delight. The artist who tells you different is lying.