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I think this was last Tuesday‘s book swap haul?

I swear there are actually books under this cat pile 🐱📚
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Art is competitive with yourself, with the past, with the future. It is a special war zone where first you make the rules, and then you test the consequences.

No matter how limited your resources, they‘re enough to get you started.

It‘s tempting to try to rein in the unruliness of the creative process, especially at the start. Planning lets you impose order on the chaotic process of making something new, but when it‘s taken too far you get locked into a status quo, and creative thinking is about breaking free from the status quo, even from one you made yourself. That‘s why it‘s vital to know the difference between good planning and too much planning.

The more you are in the room working, experimenting, banging away at your objective, the more luck has a chance of biting you on the nose.

Scratching can look like borrowing or appropriating, but it‘s an essential part of creativity. It‘s primal, and very private. It‘s a way of saying to the gods, “Oh, don‘t mind me, I‘ll just wander around in these back hallways…” and then grabbing that piece of fire and running like hell.

#QuotsySept18 #defiant @TK-421

Can‘t wait to dig into this gem! 32 lessons in creativity from one of America‘s best choreographers.

"The only thing i fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts."
#quotsyjan18 #Static @TK-421

This is one of the best #Creative book I've read in a long time. I think same applies to 'I'm starting to read and beginning to read'. #MBSCRecommends #Creative #TopTips

#bookmail!! In case anyone else got the horror box, I'll post the contents under a spoiler tag. :3

@BookBabe & @MrBook spoke with @jeff today ???!  PageHabit is giving away a $500(!!!!!!) gift card to the Book Outlet & TEN—that's right, 10—lucky winners receive a PageHabit book box of their choice! It‘s the ULTIMATE BOOK HAUL!!! WOOHOO! To win, just click here & follow the prompts: http://bit.ly/PHgives. Help us spread the word to the rest of the #LitsyFamily ?????! ?
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Today's reading materials are more about improving myself than escaping into new worlds.

Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature -- all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you'll find out how big a prize you've won. Page 103

To me, art includes painting, dance, writing, coloring and all things that tickle our creative spirit. I bought this book to feed that spirit, but then gave it to an artist friend who needed it. It's still on my #tbr. Has anyone read it? My late entry for #artrelatedbooks #seasonsreadings @RealLifeReading #inspiringquotesbywomen

Here's my pick for #photoadaynov16 #inspiring - it's packed full of fascinating ideas and creative exercises. Unfortunately, I've started it three times and never finished it! Maybe next year I should resolve to get through the whole book.

Only just started this, I'm hoping it will help me focus. But not much chance of that I'm afraid!