Creativity
by Tijn Tjoelker · updated 24d ago
Creativity
The object isn’t to make art,
it’s to be in that wonderful state
which makes art inevitable.
Robert Henri
from The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Tijn Tjoelker added 2mo ago
The ability to look deeply
is the root of creativity.
To see past the ordinary and mundane
and get to what might otherwise be invisible.
from The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Tijn Tjoelker added 1mo ago
- Our work is to remove the dams and clear the stream.
Our work is to return to the source .from Headwaters: 6-Week Course on Writing and Regenerating Your Creative Prowess by Rūta Žemčugovaitė
Tijn Tjoelker added 1mo ago
We might start off by paraphrasing Oscar Wilde’s poem, substituting the word ‘Art’ for ‘Love’.
Art will fly if held too lightly,
Art will die if held too tightly,
Lightly, tightly, how do I know
Whether I’m holding or letting Art go?
from Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Tijn Tjoelker added 1mo ago
- Headwater is a portal
Every river has a headwater, a watering hole somewhere high up.
A place where a water stream emerges onto the surface of the Earth.
Many ancient cultures have seen these places as sacred, places of healing and vision.
Where is your Headwater ?
Your own river collects itself like an underground cloud and starts dripping upwards, ... See morefrom Headwaters: 6-Week Course on Writing and Regenerating Your Creative Prowess by Rūta Žemčugovaitė
Tijn Tjoelker added 1mo ago
- Questions to work with when inviting the sacred into your writing practice:
- Prepare your space. Clear the space physically, mentally, and energetically. Is there room for new ideas to come to you, when the area around you is occupied? Bring in objects that will support your practice. I like to light a candle, burn Tibetan incense, put on music that
from Writing as Architecting the Space for the Sacred in Other's Mind by Rūta Žemčugovaitė
Tijn Tjoelker added 1mo ago
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