“You have to have chaos in you to give birth to a dancing star” -Friedrich Nietzsche I like when I can start to feel my creative spark again. Only editing for so long really doused my fire. I think it would be best for me to edit one novel while also writing a new novel.Continue reading “Can You Edit and Write Novels Simultaneously?”
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But I Did It, Though.
“No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life,” -Friedrich Nietzsche We get the privilege to choose how we build our bridge in life. It is taking on that responsibility where we find meaning in our lives. I’ve done things very backward, and years ago,Continue reading “But I Did It, Though.”
Man’s Search for Meaning
“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”― Viktor E.Continue reading “Man’s Search for Meaning”
Be Obscure
“God and other artists are always a little obscure.” -Oscar Wilde This quote made me feel better because my goodness, do I love being home and away from it all. I know, I know, we gotta get out and socialize. But the amount of books I want to read, the writers’ lives I want to hearContinue reading “Be Obscure”
Art Solves 99% of my Problems
“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.” – Cecil B. DeMille I’m rolling my eyes at this quote because I don’t want to think of art as something I’m addicted to, but at the same time, I can’t function without it. It solves about 99% of my problems. Things are just a million timesContinue reading “Art Solves 99% of my Problems”
Why Not Both
“It is not length of life, but depth of life.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson We could spend our time welcoming both a long and deep life. I look forward to having both. We don’t have to do this thing where we have to pick between two extremes. We can just live. If we want depth, weContinue reading “Why Not Both”
Writers, A Question
“Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.” -Joseph Joubert I’m not sure the emotion is easily transferred. I’ll have to ask my readers about that. Yes, grammar feedback, but how did it make you feel? I forget to ask that when I requestContinue reading “Writers, A Question”
Art Will Lead You By the Hand
“Don’t be an art critic, but paint, there lies salvation.” – Paul Cézanne It’s interesting because my first thought after reading this is: but we need art critics. That’s not the point here. Gaining feedback as an artist is imperative. I’m sure someone as skilled as Cezanne respects those who helped him perfect his art.Continue reading “Art Will Lead You By the Hand”
Living Out Loud
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”― Émile Zola There it is! The good word for today. I’m not always loud, but I do my best to live that way. As writers, we get to live as loudContinue reading “Living Out Loud”
Art is a Way
“Art is not a thing; it is a way.” -Elbert Hubbard This is very true for me. Regardless of how far I run, it finds me. It would pull me from beneath the bed by my ankles if I didn’t write every day. I love writing. I love that it’s my way of life. IContinue reading “Art is a Way”
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