Where do ideas come from?
“Your best work will sit at the intersection of fun and challenge and it’s important to try and design your life to spend as much time there as possible. … Creativity is maintenance.”
I like this distinction. Great art makes you wonder, great design makes things clear.
Philosopher and activist Simone Weil on the power of sustained, intense focus:
"The amount of creative genius in any period is strictly in proportion to the amount of extreme attention."
"The amount of creative genius in any period is strictly in proportion to the amount of extreme attention."
I think of writing a lot like walking. It’s rarely the most popular, the most effective, or the most efficient way of getting to your destination. I don’t always want to do it, and it’s not always technically enjoyable; sometimes it’s boring or slow, sometimes it’s tiring and pointless, sometimes it’s cold or wet or windy and I’m retracing the same... See more
Rayne Fisher-Quann • Choosing to Walk
The more you create, the more powerful you become.
The more you consume, the more powerful others become.
James Cleartwitter.comideas only become clear once you begin to work on them
"Writing is the superpower of humankind. It is our truest form of magic.
Writing allows you to conjure up something of value where nothing previously existed. It costs little for you to write down the lessons of your life and yet those few minutes spent writing can be life-altering for the right reader. As I once saw it put: "there is someone out th... See more
Writing allows you to conjure up something of value where nothing previously existed. It costs little for you to write down the lessons of your life and yet those few minutes spent writing can be life-altering for the right reader. As I once saw it put: "there is someone out th... See more