what is art
Art is the act of nonaggression. We have to live this art in our daily lives.
from Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Julia Cameron
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- But busyness has a way of stealing creativity from you. Generative work, like art and writing, requires long periods of nothingness: it’s only in that wide empty space that ideas emerge. Long runs, hot showers, commutes that don’t involve harried Slack messages and listening to podcasts at 2x speed. Sitting at the edge of a dock, listening to the o... See more
from the scenic route by Jasmine Sun
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- 1. “We tell stories because we have a hollow place in our heart. You don’t fill that with success. You fill it by finding yourself in the stories you tell.”
–Guillermo Del Torofrom Just a moment... by Britton Perelman
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I know most of my writing friends are obsessed with writing. It works in the same way as chocolate does. We’re always thinking we should be writing no matter what else we might be doing. It’s not fun. The life of an artist isn’t easy. You’re never free unless you are doing your art.
from Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Julia Cameron
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from Home | Substack by Substack
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If your intention is to ‘make art’, then maybe you’ll get a couple of good paintings. You may even get a show or two.
But I think of it this way: I don’t make art. I make things . Framing it like that keeps what I’m doing from becoming precious. And that’s a good thing, because to be precious is to be timid—and that’s bad. Creativity requires attent
... See morefrom Following the White- Hot Fire Inside of You by every.to
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Without fear and risk there can be no serious art - let go of frames
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- “Art is what we call...the thing an artist does.
It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human.
Art is not in the ...eye of the... See morefrom Seth Godin Quotes (Author of Purple Cow)
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