about creating
“Why does consciousness have to be something that’s created? Why isn’t consciousness something that can be accessed and tapped into? I think of the brain as being more like our smartphone, that it’s got different apps and some of us have apps that others of us don’t.”
— Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell
Gradually and then suddenly creative people found themselves doing little but selling: selling ourselves, selling our work, selling our hobbies, selling anything we could to make a living.
Yancey Strickler • Selling out without selling out
"real freedom is being able to surrender to the flow of what is happening, both inwardly and outwardly"
recently this message has lodged into my awareness and come up again and again, in different forms. in books, in conversations, in coaching sessions
it's the idea that i am exactly where ... See more
** It turns out that Your Book actually being Just A Book is freeing. It turns out that living in a world where marigolds matter more than Amazon stars is kinda wonderful.
Sara Petersen • Some truths about writing a book
writing a book
To test an idea, you must build it. You can’t rely on the abstract – you have to bring it into the world to play with it feel it and only then can you judge whether it’s worth pursuing or not
Christa Nicholson • The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
I even have a welcoming speech prepared for fear, which I deliver right before embarking upon any new project or big adventure.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
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