Creative Habits
Oct. 8th, 2009 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenkushnerMy friend (and fellow IAF Board Member) Deborah Atherton is working on a book on work and Creativity - check out the blog! I feel like this post* was written just for me (and this one - Coffee and Creativity - maybe just for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
coffeeem & ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
terriwindling...?)
*" . . . what happens when that OTHER kind of habit becomes part of your day to day: the habit of not ever having enough time to paint, write, pick up the camera, invent a new recipe or compose a song? We have all been there – even those of us who make our living as writers or artists – the days speed by us, filled with appointments, business, family concerns . . . .It’s easy to edit creativity right out of your life. . . . You feel – oh just a little tired of yourself and the people around you. . . . Perhaps the most unfair thing about possessing a creative spark is that it demands to be used."
coffeeem & terriwindling...?)*" . . . what happens when that OTHER kind of habit becomes part of your day to day: the habit of not ever having enough time to paint, write, pick up the camera, invent a new recipe or compose a song? We have all been there – even those of us who make our living as writers or artists – the days speed by us, filled with appointments, business, family concerns . . . .It’s easy to edit creativity right out of your life. . . . You feel – oh just a little tired of yourself and the people around you. . . . Perhaps the most unfair thing about possessing a creative spark is that it demands to be used."