January 2012
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“3. Unhurried – Truly effective creative people are able to “slow the game down”....”
– 7 Habits of Highly Effective Creative People
Jan 30th
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“Becoming a superstar in many arenas might require 10,000 hours or more. But...”
– Where is the Line Between Expert Enough and Dangerously Uninformed? | Expert Enough
Jan 30th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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“The clues for building resiliency are everywhere you look: maintain a variety of...”
– Denise Shekerjian - Uncommon Genius [pg 209]
Jan 21st
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“By focusing on process - bringing together the resources, meeting with people,...”
– Denise Shekerjian - Uncommon Genius [pg 202]
Jan 21st
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“The act of doing is an act of faith. If the creator is capable of the...”
– Denise Shekerjian - Uncommon Genius [pg. 74]
Jan 21st
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“It’s from giving oneself over to the doing that the creator accumulates an...”
– Denise Shekerjian - Uncommon Genius [pgs 73-74]
Jan 21st
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“I am convinced that many of the most profound and profoundly consequential...”
– Denise Shekerjian - Uncommon Genius [pg 67]
Jan 21st
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“Staying loose, allowing yourself the freedom to ramble, opening yourself up to...”
– Denise Shekerjian - Uncommon Genius [pg 42]
Jan 21st
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“An unfortunate aspect to creative work is that it requires an element of...”
– Denise Shekerjian - Uncommon Genius [pgs 16-17]
Jan 21st
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About Ella
Ella is a friend with an amazing story. When Ella was four years old, she was happily cooking in the kitchen with her mother. Then, in an instant, everything changed. Ella was curious about what was on the stove, and she reached up. By accident, she put her elbow in the pot, which was full of boiling water. It hurt her, so she pulled back, dragging the pot off the stove and pouring the water on...
Jan 21st
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“You need more scars. You need to live.”
–  Julien Smith; The Flinch
Jan 21st
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“From the inside, this feels like getting wise, but it isn’t. Avoiding the flinch...”
–  Julien Smith; The Flinch
Jan 21st
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“Forget secondhand learning. It leaves no scars. It doesn’t provide the basic...”
– Julien Smith; The Flinch
Jan 21st
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“He has been disassembled by her.”
– Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient)
Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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“Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn’t. It simply files things...”
– John Irving
Jan 19th
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“The body contains the life story just as much as the brain.”
– Edna O’Brien (via schmudde)
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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“This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise...”
– ~ Walt Whitman (via schmudde)
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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“I love books; I read and write them for the same reason I love to talk with a...”
– ~ Pico Iyer  Los Angeles Times (via schmudde)
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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