All it takes to
become an artist is to start doing art.
Don't let judgments
get in your way.
In traditional
notions of the unconscious, we do not see certain things because we are
motivated not to -- to do so would be too painful for us.
If we stop judging
ourselves, creating art becomes more possible.
Whatever we engage
with becomes engaging, whether or not someone "official" calls it
art.
People don’t give up
their current preferences or ideas easily.
Complete, creative
engagement in all that we do is the natural response to our world; it need not
be extraordinary at all.
Whether we become
mindless over time or on initial exposure to information, we unwittingly lock
ourselves into a single understanding of that information.
The language of
authority too often binds us to a single perspective, one that limits our
ability to respond creatively to the world.
Mindlessness freezes
our response and closes us off to the possibility of change.
The loneliness,
boredom, and feelings of inadequacy people experience are usually the results
of a lack of connection with themselves.
Unhappiness and
self-centeredness go hand in hand.
Most of us pretend
we live our lives fully engaged because we think we can get away with it.
