“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don‘t give up.”
— Anne Lamott
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Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
You Don’t Give Up
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Anne Lamott, creativity, genre fiction, hope, inspiration, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Witness What’s Hidden
Posted in Other, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, art, creativity, inspiration, photography, video on January 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I tried to skip past this link and couldn’t.
An augmented-reality filter reveals the hidden movements all around us
This simple technique produces dazzling results, causing tree branches to shimmer as they sway in the wind, dust particles to become bold beams of light, and camouflaged insects and animals to be instantly unveiled. De Boer’s montage serves not only as a free and easy tutorial on the possibilities of this creative tool, but also as eye candy for anyone keen to witness the hidden patterns of movement that surround us.
The effect is fascinating. In some ways it’s the opposite of a time-lapse, which captures what remains still and merges motion. Here, movements that typically remain hidden are visible. Like a camouflaged deer, or blowing leaves, or even footprints.
While some examples are just pretty, it’s hard not to jump to the scientific and creative possibilities of this technique. I haven’t explored video effects, but this makes me want to start.
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This Writer’s Life
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, genre fiction, on writing, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »
One day in this writer’s life: reading, modifying a recipe for white chocolate and lemon truffles (thanks, Aunt C!), making notes on the inklings of an idea for a space saga, and a walk in the snow surrounded by tiny snowflakes drifting quietly down.
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Your Very Best
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, genre fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Always do your very best. Even when no one else is looking, you always are. Don’t disappoint yourself.”
— Colin Powell
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What Comes Next?
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, goals, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 6, 2024| 1 Comment »
As I’ve mentioned here before, I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions. That said, I am not immune to the “fresh start effect,” which can make it easier to begin new projects, habits, or other goals around a new week, month, or year.
So today I’m considering what new projects, habits and goals I want to bring with me into 2024.
And whether you’re the sort of person who makes resolutions or not, this article may help with next steps.
How to keep your New Year’s resolutions according to a behavioral economist (Planet Money podcast, with transcript)
It’s the first full week of 2022, and many of us are already feeling the “fresh start effect,” according to behavioral economist Katy Milkman. We’re excited to pursue new goals and we feel a renewed sense of purpose that new beginnings can bring. Still, keeping New Year’s resolutions is often easier said than done.
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Just Living
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
— Joan Didion
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And It’s a New Year
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
— Pablo Picasso
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The Strange Phenomenon That Is Saint Nick
Posted in Holidays, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, children, Christmas, creativity, science, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Christmas Eve, when Santa is racing around the world distributing presents, seems like an excellent time to think back to the experience of the holiday as a young child. If Christmas was part of your family tradition, do you remember what it was like to believe in Santa Claus?
I do, and despite the ever-present pressures of reality, that sense of wonder is part of why I write.
Making Sense of Santa, as a Science Reporter and a Parent ‹ Literary Hub
“When I was a kid, did you try to get me to believe in Santa?” I recently asked my parents. My father, a mathematician, scoffed. “Of course not,” he said. “We told you he was a mythological being that represented generosity and good cheer.”
Still, every December, my mother hung stockings above the chimney with care. And every Christmas Eve, she made sure cookies were left on a festively decorated plate, as though she truly believed St. Nick would soon be there.
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This Is the Way
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, inspiration, she should know, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“My response to anything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things. Keep making art.”
— Taylor Swift
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Know Your Limits (In a Good Way)
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, art, creativity, fail better, failure, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“You need to drop glass on the floor, get the burns, all those things. The real practice is in all the pieces that didn’t make it, the cliched blood, sweat and tears. You can’t know the limits of something unless you’ve failed.”
— Will Shakspeare, artisan glassblower
And you can still make something beautiful along the way.
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