Week Three: Resonant Phrases

There were fewer phrases that lept out at me during this week's reading.

Without finding a specific quote, I found I did agree with her idea of anger as a guide post, indicating what you are missing or needing. Basically, anger shines a light on the next step.

"Creativity is a tribal expression."

"Leap and the net will appear." (this is a variation on one of my favorite quotes of all time, Ray Bradbury's "If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down" I had that last part on my desk at my old day job for about 3 months before I finally gave my notice).

"Action has magic, grace, and power in it."

"You are a good artist, a brave artist, you are doing well. It's good you did the work."

"An antidote for shame is self love and self praise."

And... I'm going to include one of my own. I met a frustrated artist this week who maybe wasn't aware that she was blocked. She went on and on and on about how her art is deep and obscure so "no one around here would understand it" and "that's why she only creates, like, twice a year." Oh, man, she was really bugging me with her excuses, you guys, until I realized she is just, like me, a blocked creative!

Honestly, I think before this experience I might have been all "yeah," and "That's too bad," but in this case I just felt so sad and sorry for her. That's why the Amber quote of the week is:

"If you want to make your art... MAKE YOUR ART!"

PS Ray Bradbury also said, "Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things," which is supported by improv philosophy... and the morning pages!