Remembered this quote the other day, and went digging for it. Just some inspiration for your day. Time is like wax, dripping from a candle flame. In the moment, it is molten and falling, with the capability to transform into any shape. Then the moment passes, and the wax hits the table top and solidifiesContinue reading “Quote: ‘Time’ according to Welcome to Night Vale”
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Writing, according to Tim O’Brien
Today I came across this quote about writing and thought it appropriate for what we do and feel as writers every day.
Stop acting so …
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. –Rumi
Sprint Week, Day 2: Let it Go
The readings for today’s sprint class had a common theme: forget your hangups and go with your gut when it comes to architecture. Louis Kahn, in “Form and Design” (1961), told the story of a young architect coming to him with a problem: he could dream as big as he wanted, but as soon asContinue reading “Sprint Week, Day 2: Let it Go”
“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going.”
This quote really hit home tonight. “I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight.Continue reading ““I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going.””
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Step out into the world of time and risk and loss again. Move forward, into the empty plane. Find the book you wrote, and read it until the end, but don’t turn the last page yet, keep stalling, see how long you can keep expanding the infinitely expandable moment. Enjoy the elastic present, which canContinue reading “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe”
Liz Makes Stuff 