June 2012
37 posts
“I can forgive people for having all sorts of seemingly nonsensical or magical beliefs - God knows I have some of my own - but I cannot forgive a theology that will destroy the relationship of trust, and love between a parent and child.”
—A former Mormon on the warped line between a cult and a religion (via explore-blog)
“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made - through disobedience and through rebellion.”
—Oscar Wilde (via criminalwisdom)
“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.” —Seuss-isms – wise and witty prescriptions for living from the good doctor. (via explore-blog)
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.” —Seuss-isms – wise and witty prescriptions for living from the good doctor. (via explore-blog)
“Sometimes it’s to your advantage for people to think you’re crazy.”
—Thelonious Monk (via kadrey)
Neil Gaiman: For all the people who ask me for writing advice... →
neil-gaiman.tumblr.com
1 Write.
2 Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
3 Finish what you’re writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
4 Put it aside. Read it pretending you’ve never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like…
“So I know what I’m talking about when I say most “journalists” are lying shitheads. I never knew a reporter who could even say the word “corrupt” without pissing in his pants from pure guilt.”
—Raoul Duke | The Professional Voice Of Law Enforcement (Via)
“Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. Most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the result of creativity.”
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of the celebrated Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, on “the 10 antithetical traits often present in creative people that are integrated with each other in a dialectical tension.”
Find more in the Explore archive on creativity.
(via explore-blog)