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The Creative Act: A Way of Being
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this is the kind of book a finance bro has on their glass dupe noguchi coffee table to seem "well read" when they actually know absolutely nothing about art, where it comes from or how it's made.
this will also not get you out of a creative slump. if anything, it makes the slump seem murkier in an undefinable magnitude.
i think the major takeaway from this is that Warhol used to create and craft with three different things going on: a TV, a radio, and another form of moving media just to distract him enough to focus on his work which made me lol
for those who actually want to get out of creative slumps, i recommend looking at the love of art like Laing's Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency. there you go you're welcome
this will also not get you out of a creative slump. if anything, it makes the slump seem murkier in an undefinable magnitude.
i think the major takeaway from this is that Warhol used to create and craft with three different things going on: a TV, a radio, and another form of moving media just to distract him enough to focus on his work which made me lol
for those who actually want to get out of creative slumps, i recommend looking at the love of art like Laing's Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency. there you go you're welcome
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January 19, 2023
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June 24, 2024
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June 24, 2024
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"In each moment, we are immersed in a field of undifferentiated matter from which our senses gather bits of infor-mation. Through a series of electrical and chemical reactions, we generate a reality internally. We create forests and oceans, warmth and cold. We read words, hear voices, and form in-terpretations. Then, in an instant, we produce a response.
All of this in a world of our own creation."
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All of this in a world of our own creation."
June 24, 2024
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"Attuned choice by attuned choice, your entire life is a form of self-expression."
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June 24, 2024
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"If you have an idea you're excited about and you don't bring it to life, it's not uncommon for the idea to find its voice through another maker. This isn't because the other artist stole your idea, but because the idea's time has come."
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June 24, 2024
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"The universe is only as large as our perception of it.
When we cultivate our awareness, we are expanding the universe.
This expands the scope, not just of the material at our disposal to create from, but of the life we get to live."
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When we cultivate our awareness, we are expanding the universe.
This expands the scope, not just of the material at our disposal to create from, but of the life we get to live."
June 25, 2024
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"Broadening our practice of awareness is a choice we can make at any moment.
It is not a search, though it is stoked by a curiosity or hun-ger. A hunger to see beautiful things, hear beautiful sounds, feel deeper sensations. To learn, and to be fascinated and surprised on a continual basis."
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It is not a search, though it is stoked by a curiosity or hun-ger. A hunger to see beautiful things, hear beautiful sounds, feel deeper sensations. To learn, and to be fascinated and surprised on a continual basis."
June 25, 2024
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"Memories can also be thought of as dreamlike. They're more a romantic story than a faithful document of a life event. And there's good content to be found in these dreamy recollections we have of past experiences."
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June 25, 2024
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"Distraction is not procrastination. Procrastination consistently undermines our ability to make things. Distraction is a strategy in service of the work."
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June 27, 2024
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"Listening is suspending disbelief.
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Listening is not just awareness. it's freedom from accepted limitations."
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Listening is not just awareness. it's freedom from accepted limitations."
July 3, 2024
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July 4, 2024
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"The more we identify with our self as it exists through the eyes of others, the more disconnected we become and the less energy we have to draw from."
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"We are seeking not to define ourselves, but to expand ourselves, to tune in to our limitlessness nature and connection to al that is."
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Jul 11, 2024 03:17AM
Can I completely agree without having even read the book? I guess I just did
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Elena wrote: "Can I completely agree without having even read the book? I guess I just did"you saved yourself the time and pages! look elsewhere i beg of you ðŸ˜
