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Falsehoods I wore
Insult to Injury
Beyond virtue and vice, a few words, whether carefully formed or impulsively flung, have the ability to sculpt reality into something entirely new.
Insult to Injury
A lie is like a hiccup. It bubbles up without warning, spilling out two or three at a time, before falling quietly back into place.
Insult to Injury
My eyes, having seen everything, returned to the white chrysanthemum
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
But purpose—purpose is a white-hot fire inside of you, a self-delusion that keeps you coming back into the room to work decade after decade, knowing that you'll never get it right, but that the next day might get you a little bit closer...
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
It comes from cross-pollination, unexpected combinations, and head-on collisions
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
creativity isn’t neat and linear. it definitely doesn’t come from rigid definitions. anything precious is self conscious and kills creativity.
All grumbling is tantamount to ‘Oh, why is a lily not an oak?
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
if a painting doesn’t work, quit. pivot. there is no point in forcing something to take the shape of something it isn’t.
Creativity is born of limitations, not freedom
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
abundance and freedom does not guarantee creative spurts. instead, an artist must be able to trust their memory. do first.
There is great poetry and power in repetition, in doing the same thing over, and over, and over, and over again.
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
on the power of persistence. on art, as purpose, and not bursts of inspiration