May 2013
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“Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.”
– David Ogilvy
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“The best approach is to not try to write things that will go viral. No, the best...”
– Seth Godin echoes Kurt Vonnegut, who in the seventh of his 8 timeless tips on writing advised, “Write to please just one person.” (via explore-blog)
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“Following your bliss is useless. People are passionate about a lot of stupid...”
– Jessa Crispin (via austinkleon)
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let go
i am learning to let go swing back and forth head back head back clouds cirrus bluebirds bluebirds in the window a song a song on repeat a song of from my mother a song i am letting go i am letting go learning to fall to roll to get back up i am learning to breathe to not clench the breath to fall roll stand back up i am learning to not fall to pieces when i hit the ground hit the ground...
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“When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost...”
– I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (via prettybooks)
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“Fiction is different than life, because in life there is no order or meaning,...”
– Israeli comics artist and author Rutu Modan (via gracebello)
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“Remember to strive for the best, but it isn’t the end of the world if you don’t...”
– My mom is a wise, wise woman.
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“We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no...”
– Richard Feynman, born on May 11, 1918, on the role of scientific culture in modern society – timeless, remarkably timely read.
Pair with how ignorance drives science.
(via explore-blog)
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moonlight
no moon tonight last night the night before
it is gone it crept away was stolen from us
stolen by it it crunches on the moon comes to visit
us in the night trails its fingers across my thigh and
i awaken and you are you you’re where
you’re supposed to be the moon splayed across your form
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Write Right Meets Aslan →
Write Right goes through a wardrobe and meets Aslan.
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What kind of writer are you? | OxfordWords blog →
amandaonwriting:
My result: ‘You’re an Ernest Hemingway. You chose clear and unflashy words that get right to the point. Other writers known for this style are George Orwell and Raymond Carver.’
My result was Toni Morrison. Hmm…
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this place
we come again to this place: white light, scent of honeysuckle, scent of you, scent of me, scent of us. you aren’t afraid here. you aren’t afraid to take my hand, to say the words you always wish you could say but never can (why not?). you are you. you are you in your purest form, your lightest form, lighter than light, lighter than air, covered in sun-kissed dew. i am not you, cannot be you,...
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“Giving, taking, and matching are three fundamental styles of social interaction,...”
– Givers, Takers, and Matchers – the surprising social science of success. (via explore-blog)
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“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, “Is life a multiple choice test or is...”
– Charles M. Schulz (via indicio)
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“Most writers — poets in especial — prefer having it understood that they compose...”
– Edgar Allan Poe, “The Philosophy of Composition“, 1846 (via)
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“I ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure.”
– Virginia Woolf, and other thinkers, on libraries. Complement with Ray Bradbury on libraries. (via explore-blog)
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April 2013
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AUSTIN KLEON: Need a better word? Skip the... →
austinkleon:
There’s another (paywalled) John McPhee piece in this week’s New Yorker on his writing process. After he reads his second draft aloud and makes some adjustments, he starts drawing boxes around words that he thinks can be improved:
You draw a box not only around any word that does…
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Creative Something: Six ways to find more time for... →
creativesomething:
Schedule it in. Some days you may not get any time to do work on your craft, but there’s certainly a hole somewhere in your week where you can squeeze in 30 or 10 or even 5 minutes. Find that time and make it a priority to do the work.
Focus on what needs to be done. Stop worrying…
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“People who don’t consider themselves to be creative will sing and draw and make...”
– Lynda Barry (via austinkleon)
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Lost Elephant
The elephant stares with its one eye. It does not move.
It does not come to your proffered hand -
it no longer recognizes you. You see its lowered head,
the eye that looks everywhere, nowhere.
It is an elephant. It is an elephant with one eye.
It cannot be bribed with fruit, leaves from its own country.
It is quiet. It does not move.
It waits for something -
the sunrise or sunset, the companion...
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Creative Mornings/Austin: #baustin →
creativemorningsaustin:
After tragedies like the April 15th Boston Marathon bombings, people look for ways to help, ways to express their sympathy… ways to connect, despite distance. CreativeMornings/Austin teamed up with GSD&M’s Marc Ferrino to create a design that could help Austinites show their unity…
