"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms



"Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey sequence of bumping into's and tumblings apart."
~ Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet



Sunday, August 12, 2012

Creativity...Steal Like An Artist...

“Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief;
 All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief…”
~ U2


Taken From: Brain Pickings

"Much has been said about the secrets of creativity and where good ideas come from, but most of that wisdom can be lost on young minds just dipping their toes in the vast and tumultuous ocean of self-initiated creation. Some time ago, artist and writer Austin Kleon — one of my favorite thinkers, a keen observer of and participant in the creative economy of the digital age — was invited to give a talk to students, the backbone for which was a list of 10 things he wished he’d heard as a young creator:"




Read More Here: 10 Rules for Students, Teachers, and Life by John Cage and Sister Corita Kent



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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousNovember 20, 2014 at 12:41 PM

    Bono gets Grace. Now drop the cutsey music and ROCK!!!!!!

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