Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on July 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, advice, art, artists, creativity, inspiration, Writers on July 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to the graduating class of New York’s Xavier High School is good advice for all artists, or anyone hoping to “experience becoming.”
Here it is read by another artistic treasure, Gandalf Ian McKellen:
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, action, creativity, indecision, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on June 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Think of many things; do one.”
— Portuguese proverb
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, artists, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts on June 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.”
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, nature is awesome, Thoughts, weird brain, Writers on June 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, artists, creativity, genre fiction, illustrators, inspiration, writing on June 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I recently signed up for artist Louisa Pressler’s newsletter. Because someday, I’d love to have her illustrate one of my books.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, making stuff on June 5, 2024| 1 Comment »
We watched Knives Out: Glass Onion a while ago and enjoyed it, but thinking back, what I remember most are the puzzle boxes. In the movie’s opening scenes, each of our main characters receives a wooden box with multiple layers of old-school encryption. Each layer is a mystery that must be solved before it can be opened.
Here’s an example:
While these particular boxes are next level, how on earth, I wondered, are puzzle boxes made?
You too?
Now we need wonder no more.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #peoplebeforeprocessors, art, creativity, innovation on June 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”
— Joanna Maciejewska
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, cli-fi, climate change, creativity, genre fiction, hope, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing contest on June 1, 2024| 1 Comment »
Are you the sort of writer who can imagine a better future? Do you care about the climate? This may be the contest for you!
Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest 2024: Submit your story | Grist
Imagine 2200 is an invitation to writers from all over the globe to imagine a future in which solutions to the climate crisis flourish and help bring about radical improvements to our world. We dare you to dream anew…
In 2,500 to 5,000 words, show us the world you dream of building…
There is no cost to enter. Submissions close June 24, 2024, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time.
Here’s an example of a climate positive / “hey, maybe we will get out of this alive“ story:
Fishy by Alice Towey – Clarkesworld Magazine
I enjoyed it. Because I too dare to dream.
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Posted in Entertainment, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, music on May 31, 2024| Leave a Comment »
A few moments of beauty on this Friday afternoon: Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Saint-Saëns’ The Swan | The Kid Should See This.
The video won’t embed for whatever reason but it’s available via the article above.
Enjoy!
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