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This was true enough, though it did not throw any light upon my perplexity. If we had heard of it to start with, it is possible that all the family would have considered the possession of a ghost a distinct advantage. It is the fashion of the times. We never think what a risk it is to play with young imaginations, but cry out, in the fashionable jargon, 'A ghost! - nothing else was wanted to make it perfect.' I should not have been above this myself. I should have smiled, of course, at the idea of the ghost at all, but then to feel that it was mine would have pleased my vanity. Oh, yes, I claim no exemption. The girls would have been delighted. I could fancy their eagerness, their interest, and excitement. No; if we had been told, it would have done no good - we should have made the bargain all the more eagerly, the fools that we are. ("The Open Door") ↗


— Margaret Oliphant


#ghosts #haunting #family

Initially, I feel expansive when I try something new, and then contract as soon as I encounter difficulty or the unknown. I am learning to experiment with my tolerance of difficulty and the not knowing, in order to go further with my creative dreams. Whenever I experience contraction, I explore it by asking, "Where did I stop and why?" Building a creative dream life is not just about achieving, succeeding, or "meeting goals." It is also about floundering, stumbling, tripping and failing. ↗


— S.A.R.K.


#creativity #dreaming #procrastination #writing #art

Evidently, a given object took no particular amount of time to draw; instead the artist took the time, or didn’t take it, at pleasure. And,similarly, things themselves possessed no fixed and intrinsic amount of interest; instead things were interesting as long as you had attention to give them. How long does it take to draw a baseball mitt? As much time as you care to give it. Not an infinite amount of time, but more time than you first imagined. For many days, so long as you want to keep drawing that mitt, and studying that mitt, there will always be a new and finer layer of distinctions to draw out and lay in. Your attention discovers—seems thereby to produce—an array of interesting features in any object, like a lamp. ↗


— Annie Dillard


#drawing #interest #interesting #imagination

Keep it simple. Trust your imagination. Discover what is unique about your imagination. Don’t simply read a story and copy it. I go into myself. Then I transcribe what visions I have. If those ideas are original, and you are devoted, you will go far. ↗


— Clive Barker


#imagination

drill one hole after another into [language] until that which lurks behind, be it something or nothing, starts seeping through – I cannot imagine a higher goal for today’s writer. ↗


— Samuel Beckett


#imagination

I want to thank anyone who spends a part of their day creating, I don't care if it's a book, a film, a painting, a dance, a piece of theater, a piece of music - anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us - I think this world would be unlivable without art and I thank you. ↗


— Steven Soderbergher


#book #creating #dance #experience #film

Why do we write? "To make suffering endurable To make evil intelligible To make justice desirable and . . . to make love possible ↗


— Roger Rosenblatt


#inspiration-for-writers #writing-instruction #art

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. ↗


— Albert Schweitzer


#life #spiritual #uplifting #inspirational

It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim. ↗


— Christina Aguilera


#either #hosting #live #night #saturday

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward. ↗


— Steve Maraboli


#inspirational #letting-go #life #motivational #moving-forward






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