“Art comes out of failure. You have to try things out. You can’t sit around, terrified of being incorrect.”
— John Baldessari
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“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”
— Hafiz (via infinite-paradox)
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“Nobody gives a shit that you used to cut yourself. Nobody gives a shit that your parents divorced. Nobody gives a shit that you have cancer. Nobody cares. Can you make them know what it’s like to be you for awhile? Then, they’ll care. But it’s always on their terms, through their own metaphor. That’s the deal: you write the words. They make it about themselves. If you can’t give that stuff away for them to play with, save it for your diary.”
— Freddie deBoer, Discouragement for young writers
Just a reminder.
“Miss someone until they come back, or until you come back, until their absence in your life becomes something to be avoided at all costs. Miss them until you don’t have to anymore, until you’re reunited in your favorite booth in your favorite restaurant ordering your favorite meal, miss them until it feels like you never left. Or miss them until you can’t anymore, until the things you miss are identified and cataloged as things and not a person, until you figure out that easy company and long talks and unblinking, all-knowing eye contact will find you again the way they found you the first time. Miss someone until you don’t.”
— Stephanie Hope Georgopulus
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A 6th grader’s advice to next year’s 6th graders.
The story of my life, via sarahlcomics.
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“The next time you have an idea rolling around in your head, find the courage to quiet your inner critic just long enough to get a piece of paper and a pen, then just start sketching it. “But I don’t have a long time for this!” you might think. Or, “The idea is probably stupid,” or, “Maybe I’ll go online and click around for—” No. Shut up. Stop sabotaging yourself.”
— Jon Bell, “McDonald’s Theory”
Jon’s thesis: the idea with arguably the least value is the most likely to spur better ideas.
The good advice I’m too afraid to let myself fully act upon. I’m trying to motivate myself to let my inner critic go.
Jon’s thesis: the idea with arguably the least value is the most likely to spur better ideas.
The good advice I’m too afraid to let myself fully act upon. I’m trying to motivate myself to let my inner critic go.
Jasper James’s “City Silhouettes”
Today’s theme.
