Barbara Pearson
@sageandsolace
Barbara Pearson
“This idea, this feeling of community sisu, of fighting for what you believe in and stepping in to help others, is part of the way forward. For if we don't help one another and take a stand or offer to help when someone or something is flailing, what's the point?” ~ Katja Pantzar, Everyday Sisu: Tapping into Finnish Fortitude for a Happier, More Re
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Creative thinking requires our brains to make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas. Is this a skill that we are born with or one that we develop through practice?
James Clear • Creativity Is a Process, Not an Event
Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy
glennon doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.”
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Making things shouldn't be comfortable, that leads to stasis and complacency. Making is a method of learning and discovery, and learning requires tension and stretching. It requires pushing yourself and your boundaries. It requires dissent and disharmony. The resistance is a necessity.
And yet, all tension, all the time, means something will break down eventually. Maybe your work. Maybe your friends and your relationships. Maybe you. Duane Toops. Substack
"Creativity is the focused combination of unlikely things. Your mind locks onto a certain element and then searches widely for something unexpected that fits with it. What can scuba diving teach you about agriculture? What can trees teach you about public speaking? There is always some connective tissue between disciplines. If you wish to be more c... See more
3-2-1: The secret to creativity, how our challenges shape us, and the value of bad workouts
This explains the way that i use design skills both in the garden and on a painting or in decorating a room.
