“Noël Coward said, “Work is more fun than fun.” (I learned this late, as a former long-distance truck driver with no degrees, who never wrote a word in my life until I was nearly forty years old, avoiding creative work because I was frozen by fear.)”
– Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
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“Somewhere at some time we were brainwashed into thinking fun is bad and unthinkingly took on board the puritanical belief that we shouldn’t be enjoying ourselves. This same thinking is common in totalitarian regimes. They don’t like fun either. I say screw ’em. Let’s strike a blow for freedom and creativity. Enjoy yourself, express your ideas, and have fun doing so. You’ll do whatever it is that much better.”
– John Hegarty, Hegarty on Creativity
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It’s nice to be reminded by others that fun is a legitimate emotion that we should be feeling.
Fun means we aren’t thinking about any rules.
We are taking care of a deep satisfaction within us.
Can work really be more fun?
Good work is not frivolous but marvellous.
If we are smiling then surely what we create will be better.
It can’t always be fun, sometimes life closes in on us.
But surely we don’t have to invite the doom and gloom ourselves.
If something is fun for us, it’s more likely to be fun for others.
So fun can be an act of charity, or a service unto others.
What is fun for you?
Give yourself a tickle and find out.
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