A friend sent this to me...

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This was in my mailbox today. I've seen it before--it was sent by a friend of mine, Cindy, with whom I keep in touch from college days...despite the fact she has gone super religious. Oy. I do mean super. She doesn't know me very well in some respects (you might be able to imagine what) but I had told her I was struggling with writing a bit.

So, I like this. Thought I'd share. I've printed it off and put it where I can read it often through the day. Maybe it will sink in that way?

"CREATIVITY"

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is; it is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your worth. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time; there is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marking and makes us more alive than the others.

by Martha Graham

Comments

[klgrem.livejournal.com]

Interesting. *nods*

[elbavolnu.livejournal.com]

I should print them out for myself as well....2008 and I've YET to produce anything useful in the fictional world [cries]

[sunhawk.livejournal.com]

I think I shall put that one away to think about!