creativity
It feels harder to write than it should. It feels easier to write than it should, as well.
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone • This Is How You Lose the Time War
I have long convinced myself that the piano is like a drug, seductive and strong, and it can mess you up, it can awaken dead emotions, it can drown you in your lost selves.
Matt Haig • How to Stop Time
But then, somehow, it got in.
No. Not got in. That's the wrong way of putting it. Music doesn't get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn't necessarily know you had inside you, and runs around waking them all up. A rebirth of sorts.
There was such a yearning and energy to it. I closed my
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"When I play music at home, I pretend I'm on stage. When I'm on stage, I pretend I'm at home."
—John Mayer
"You know, they say when you love what you do, it's not work. But, I think, when you really love what you do, it's great work."
—Yo-Yo Ma
@ Hollywood Bowl, Goat Rodeo Sessions Tour
August 25, 2013
There is a time for any fledgling artist where one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
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Life is not a race, it’s an opportunity. Each moment is a blessing. Why rush? Rick Rubin.