"Art is work. Work takes time" reminds me of the The Ten Thousand Things mentioned by Lao Tsu. The Ten Thousand Things clamor for attention... always.
Can we adopt the mindset of an undistracted Sage ( for a time at least ) to write, and create as needed ? How much of that time can I obtain for myself ? Can I claim half a day ? An hour ? Fifteen minutes ?Can I do it more than once ?
If I do become distracted, can I distract myself from my distractions and return to my creative project ? For it seems that I do become distracted, and have to keep returning - while getting the laundry done.
"The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used, but never filled. Oh, unfathomable source of ten thousand things! Blunt the sharpness, Untangle the knot, Soften the glare, Merge with dust. Oh, hidden deep but ever present !"
Excerpt from The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu Translated by Gi-fu Feng and Jane English with Toinette Lippe.
When I was a kid and a teenager I did not care one bit how long it took me to write something. And of course social media didn't exist, so I didn't yet have the worm in my brain saying "GENERATE CONTENT OR YOU WILL DRIFT INTO OBSCURITY!" As if I am not already obscure. *laughs*
Thank you. I appreciate how thoughtfully you share where you are at in figuring out what process works for you, and how you summarize things that have helped you in that "figuring out".
"Art is work. Work takes time" reminds me of the The Ten Thousand Things mentioned by Lao Tsu. The Ten Thousand Things clamor for attention... always.
Can we adopt the mindset of an undistracted Sage ( for a time at least ) to write, and create as needed ? How much of that time can I obtain for myself ? Can I claim half a day ? An hour ? Fifteen minutes ?Can I do it more than once ?
If I do become distracted, can I distract myself from my distractions and return to my creative project ? For it seems that I do become distracted, and have to keep returning - while getting the laundry done.
"The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used, but never filled. Oh, unfathomable source of ten thousand things! Blunt the sharpness, Untangle the knot, Soften the glare, Merge with dust. Oh, hidden deep but ever present !"
Excerpt from The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu Translated by Gi-fu Feng and Jane English with Toinette Lippe.
All. Of. This.
When I was a kid and a teenager I did not care one bit how long it took me to write something. And of course social media didn't exist, so I didn't yet have the worm in my brain saying "GENERATE CONTENT OR YOU WILL DRIFT INTO OBSCURITY!" As if I am not already obscure. *laughs*
Thank you. I appreciate how thoughtfully you share where you are at in figuring out what process works for you, and how you summarize things that have helped you in that "figuring out".
Obscure is the new hotness!! 😂
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Obscure is the new hotness! I love it.