Tag Archives: creativity
For The Love of God…What Do Artists Do?
On the one hand, they take materials in hand and make something. Craft, craft, craft. Depending on their discipline, they maneuver the materials they need (paint, voice, clay, what have you) to create objects, experiences, and ideas that alter something … Continue reading
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A Brief Note On “The War of Art”
How do you define a critic? I don’t remember where I first heard it, but here’s the definition I use, though frankly, until recently, I’d forgotten it. “A critic mediates between an artist and his work.” Yesterday, I got a … Continue reading
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How to Follow Your Heart: Part 2
Start with a cup of coffee. Fast from coffee altogether. But pay attention, and let words mean something. To pay requires cost. Be quiet. Find the quiet in the noise. If no quiet can be found, then sleep, and … Continue reading
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The World of Experience
So my coffee-shop pediatrician friend pulls up a chair and begins to tell me again of Oliver Sack’s new brain book called Migraine. Turns out it’s not a new book, but still. Then she refers me back to an old … Continue reading
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