Creativity

There are three points of view from which a writer can be considered: he may be considered as a storyteller, as a teacher, and as an enchanter.

A major writer combines these three — storyteller, teacher, enchanter — but it is the enchanter in him that predominates and makes him a major writer…

The three facets of the great writer — magic, story,

"The role which the artist plays in society is to revive the primitive, anarchic instincts which have been sacrificed for the illusion of living in comfort… It is not the most comfortable life in the world but I know that it is life, and I am not going to trade it for an anonymous life in the brotherhood of man—which is either sure death, or

A poet makes himself a visionary through a long, boundless, and systematized disorganization of all the senses.

All forms of love, of suffering, of madness; he searches himself, he exhausts within himself all poisons, and preserves their quintessences.

Unspeakable torment, where he will need the greatest faith, a superhuman strength, where he becomes

Let your art be a library of your life.

A museum of memories, reflections, and beauty of this life that you’ve lived here.

there is an italian phrase: ‘gazofilacio’ meaning: treasure chamber of the mind. it is the word given to the ragged little store of poems you carry inside of you, wherever you go, always intimately rekindling and redirecting your attention.

“Our personal libraries are an intimate view into our soul, a letter of introduction and a language more honest than any talk. Books are also a weapon to heal ourselves, understand the real world, understand the loneliness or pain we carry.”

Choose connection over mechanical marketing. Cultivate intimate connections and relationships with your audience. Approach your art like a wild garden, rooted in passion and shaped by your unique rhythm. Nourish your creative ecosystem by collaborating and supporting others, feeding yourself inspiration, and having multiple revenue streams.

Write because your future self needs a map back to this moment. Write because the act of remembering is its own kind of healing. Write because it’s how you breathe. Your words don’t need an audience to matter.