Writing
Reminders to express and discover the self through written word
Writing
It reminds me of writing and how I wake up week after week and get stuck on the blank page again and again. How I always despair that I have no more good ideas and, even if I did, not enough eloquence to convey said ideas. But I love it still. I love how writing brings everything to the surface, how it generates and absorbs my attention. How it
... See morein praise of slowing down
If I know just one thing it’s this: greatness, in whatever capacity it can be achieved, is a moving target. The closer you get, the further it becomes. All writers walk with a weather eye on the horizon.
My beginnings are not beginnings; I just start. Sometimes I have to write the beginning after the book is done. Well, that seems like a natural thing, but many people don't go forward because the beginning isn't right; they just leave it until they get it right. I write what's there, what I know is there. If I have to rewrite it or change it, I'm... See more
In Her Own Words: Toni Morrison on Writing, Editing, and Teaching
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” -Kurt Vonnegut
They told us productivity would set us free. So we organized and optimized and checked all the boxes. We became very good at being very busy.
But in the quiet moments between tasks, I felt something missing. Not the missing of empty inboxes or completed lists. The missing of wonder. Of discovery. Of the slow, sacred act of paying attention.
So I
... See moreit’s why creative block feels like a small death. this thing that you are meant to be good at, this gift, has suddenly abandoned you. you do not know how long for. it feels like an indictment of you personally, a punishment. imagine an opera singer who stands on stage one day, opening her mouth to let music come forward being met instead by... See more
ayan artan • your perfectionism will not save you.
the betrayal of creative blocks. The complete destruction of your identity. who are you without this gift?
