Meg Kissack
@megkissack
Meg Kissack
Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos, and the Alma Mahler Doll
publicdomainreview.org
I want you to visit my website. I want you to read an article from a search result, and then discover the other things I’ve written, the other people I link to, and explore the weird themes I’ve got. I want some of you to read my article then ask me to speak at your conferences. Many folks rely on ad impressions to support the high-quality content... See more
Sophie Koonin • This website is for humans - localghost
Life doesn't often spell things out for you or give you what you want exactly when you want it, otherwise it wouldn't be called life, it would be called vending machine. It's hard to say exactly when it will happen, and it's true that whatever you're after may not drop down the moment you spend all your quarters, but someday soon a train is coming.... See more
Unmistakable Creative • 46 Reflections on a Life Half Over
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of
... See moreGeneric ambition will give you anxiety. Specific ambition will give you direction.
Anu Atluru • Writing Wrapped
but ultimately Streisand's resolve won out. "I became what I wanted to be ... I don't want somebody telling me what I can't be," she told me.
Brittany Luse • Barbra Streisand's Memoir Shows She Wasn't Born a Leading Lady — She Made Herself One
We feel better: awake, fulfilled, whole. By creating regularly, we access a new source of vitality. Turning an idea in your head into a tangible reality is one of life’s great satisfactions, whether the end result is a story, a photograph, a meal, or a business.
Chase Jarvis • Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
‘Copy Machine Manifestos’: five artists on their zine practices
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