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"Ran out of room in my sketchbook and had to return the drawing book....2 more sketches to do....will take it out again soon!" — Jan 21, 2015 09:10PM
"Ran out of room in my sketchbook and had to return the drawing book....2 more sketches to do....will take it out again soon!" — Jan 21, 2015 09:10PM
“If we are artists- hell, whether or not we're artists- it is our job, our responsibility, perhaps even our sacred calling, to take whatever life has handed us and make something new, something that wouldn't have existed if not for the fire, the genetic mutation, the sick baby, the accident.”
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
“I believe that we don't choose our stories," she began, leaning forward. "Our stories choose us." She paused and took a sip of water. Her hand, I noticed was steady.. "And if we don't tell them, then we are somehow diminished.”
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
“Make you mess your message.”
― Everybody's Got Something
― Everybody's Got Something
“To forget oneself-to lose oneself in the music, in the moment- that kind of absorption seems to be at the heart of every creative endeavor.”
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
“my father...there was never any mistaking his love for me. When I walked into the room, his eyes lit up and he wrapped me in his arms as if it was Christmas morning and I was the best gift imaginable.”
― 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
― 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
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