“Creativity itself doesn’t care at all about results – the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do whatContinue reading “The Creative Life”
Category Archives: Art
Woes and Rewards of Writing
“Honesty is your innate ability to stand completely exposed, allowing the world to do what it may and say what it will so that you may know who you are beyond the realm of ideas.” ~ Matt Kahn, Whatever Arises, Love That. “When I run after what I think I want, my days are aContinue reading “Woes and Rewards of Writing”
The Blessing of Patience
“The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest For the source of his being.” ~ Dag Hammarskjöld “Imagination is what is there after you know everything; without knowledge, one’s imagination may be too thin – lacking in strength and too fragile to buildContinue reading “The Blessing of Patience”
My Favorite Class to Teach
“I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.” ~ Frank Capra “A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all thatContinue reading “My Favorite Class to Teach”
Art Changes People
“The point is, art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job. That was never its function. Art cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed – because people are changed by art – enriched, ennobled, encouraged – they then act in a wayContinue reading “Art Changes People”
Sage Woman Chronicles 