"Very often, a creative block manifests itself as an addiction to fantasy. Rather than working or living the now, we spin our wheels and indulge in daydreams of could have, would have, should have. One of the great misconceptions about the artistic life is that it entails great swathes of aimlessness. The truth is that a creative life involves great swathes of attention. Attention is a way to connect and survive."
". . . The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."
"The reward for attention is always healing. It may begin as the healing of a particular pain—the lost lover, the sickly child, the shattered dream. But what is healed, finally, is the pain that underlies all pain: the pain that we are all, as Rilke phrases it, “unutterably alone.” More than anything else, attention is an act of connection."
(Excerpts from Cameron, Julia. The Artist's Way (Kindle Locations 1261-1262). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. )
". . . The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."
"The reward for attention is always healing. It may begin as the healing of a particular pain—the lost lover, the sickly child, the shattered dream. But what is healed, finally, is the pain that underlies all pain: the pain that we are all, as Rilke phrases it, “unutterably alone.” More than anything else, attention is an act of connection."
(Excerpts from Cameron, Julia. The Artist's Way (Kindle Locations 1261-1262). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. )
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