That's an interesting challenge. I feel like I would suck at it, with my "proclivity" towards walls of text. Hehe
Looking forward to more shiny dimes. In a couple of months I'll have a whole dollar!
I very much agree with The Never-Ending Now and have been leaning towards that kind of mentality for my whole adult life. Exceptionally great work is rare but less so if we allow ourselves to look back and not just down at our own feet.
Ever since I decided to invest in a subscription for Audible and a pair of AirPod Pros, I've been enjoying so many masterpieces from the past centuries (and even millennia). Not only are the works great but it's a lovely thing to be able to "anchor your heart" in a different time and from there, look ahead at where we are today.
With the greatest writers though, they not only feel ahead of their time but even our own.
Also, the great common denominator for all art is humanity. That is always there no matter what...
There's a trend with beginner writers who learn the 3-act structure with an inciting incident, climax, etc. And they start filling those out as if they are finishing a todo list and filling check-boxes. That, to me, seems like they're doing an exam!
The never ending now... now... now that is something I must pay mind to, and hopefully not just because I consumed it in the last 24 hours! I want to think more about how my consumption/production habits fit into who I want to be :)
That's an interesting challenge. I feel like I would suck at it, with my "proclivity" towards walls of text. Hehe
Looking forward to more shiny dimes. In a couple of months I'll have a whole dollar!
I very much agree with The Never-Ending Now and have been leaning towards that kind of mentality for my whole adult life. Exceptionally great work is rare but less so if we allow ourselves to look back and not just down at our own feet.
Ever since I decided to invest in a subscription for Audible and a pair of AirPod Pros, I've been enjoying so many masterpieces from the past centuries (and even millennia). Not only are the works great but it's a lovely thing to be able to "anchor your heart" in a different time and from there, look ahead at where we are today.
With the greatest writers though, they not only feel ahead of their time but even our own.
Also, the great common denominator for all art is humanity. That is always there no matter what...
Shiny dimes; fun!
There's a trend with beginner writers who learn the 3-act structure with an inciting incident, climax, etc. And they start filling those out as if they are finishing a todo list and filling check-boxes. That, to me, seems like they're doing an exam!
The never ending now... now... now that is something I must pay mind to, and hopefully not just because I consumed it in the last 24 hours! I want to think more about how my consumption/production habits fit into who I want to be :)