Creativity

“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.”

—Pablo Picasso

balance inspiration and “urgency” aka working toward a project

Play is so important - stay in the enchanted forest

It's really important to give yourself space to do nothing. The root of creativity is boredom. Give your mind breathing space.

Every idea has its time

a

place

to

seek
perspective
rather
than
answers

“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”

—Mary Oliver

from Eileen Myles:

I hope there’s mystery and poetry in your life—not even poems, but patterns. I hope you can see them. Often these patterns will wake you up, and you will know that you are alive, again and again.

Turn something upside down