The line itself is giving you an idea. And I think that’s the part that people don’t remember or suspect about drawing. That drawing can go not just from your head to the page, but definitely from the page and up your hand and into your head.” ~ Lynda Barry Emily Dickinson was very particular…
creative process
Let Your Imagination Howl
What does it mean to let your imagination howl? “…A howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.” ~ Henry David Thoreau I drove past the Whiteside Mountain overlook yesterday as the sun was setting. Throngs of tourists gathered along the guardrail with phones and cameras at…
The Anxiety of What I Should Be Doing
The anxiety of ‘what I should be doing’ gets us all. “Since many are confronted with an eerie void, lacking essential qualities in their daily repertoire and suffering from missing out on a second or third dimension in their lives, they feel disjointed and disgruntled, unconsciously struggling to find out a kind of strategy to…
Creators without Borders or Boxes
Creators without borders are the best creators. The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche I had had a…
Boomerang Messages & Crazy-Ass Notions
What crazy-ass notions are burning deep inside you? “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” ~ Joseph Campbell Sometime during my son’s junior year in high school, I came across a book on the top innovative colleges in America (with apologies, I’ve forgotten the title of the book). I was drawn…
The Flywheel of Creativity
Then, at some point—breakthrough! The momentum of the thing kicks in in your favor, hurling the flywheel forward, turn after turn … whoosh! … its own heavy weight working for you. You’re pushing no harder than during the first rotation, but the flywheel goes faster and faster. Each turn of the flywheel builds upon work…
