“You must continuously feed the inner beast that sparks and inspires. I contend the DNA of talent is stored within the great museums of the world. Museums are custodians of epiphanies and these epiphanies enter the central nervous system and the deep recesses of the mind…
…My spiritual day of worship is spent each Sunday at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where I experience, without fall, the shock of the old…
…Mysteriously, the history of the art of mankind can inspire breakthrough conceptual thinking, in any field.”
George Lois, Damn Good Advice (for people with talent)
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“But what exactly is an artist date? An artist date is a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. In its most primary form, the artist date is an excursion, a play date that you preplan and defend against all interlopers.
You do not take anyone on this artist date but you and your inner artist, a.k.a. your creative child. That means no lovers, friends, spouses, children-no taggers-on of any stripe.”
Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way
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Sometimes the hardest person to find the time for is ourselves.
Not the time with a book or screen in front of us, but the outside, moving, experiential appreciation of the real world around us.
I find it very easy to stay put. Sit down. Stay virtual.
I must battle my inertia to step outside, take a deep breath and explore.
Words cannot be enough to sustain us.
I can stretch the sustenance from books to cover most of my needs, yet I am deficient in a certain vitamin – art.
Time to book myself in for a date with Me, Myself and I.
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