Monday, February 1, 2010
Distractions, Passion and Showing Up...
Why is it so difficult to write sometimes?
Distraction.
It is the secret enemy of writers and authors that slithers in, most often unnoticed, when we have many things going on.
Ahhh, the art of multi-tasking.
Distraction presents an especially difficult challenge when good and positive things are happening for and to us.
Writers, like most artists, come to our work because we were not seen and acknowledged by our parents.
Well-meaning, and by no means Mommie Dearest, our parents held our well-being as their utmost concern when guiding, and coercing, if not blatantly steering us from pursuing the work we sought to accomplish as artists in our efforts towards attaining financial fulfillment by doing what we love.
They cared for us. Yet, their ideas were oftentimes the least supportive. And so we found ways of distracting ourselves from their desires and will to have us be more normal by choosing careers offering what they felt certain would provide a more stable and secure lifestyle. Continue reading ‘Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…’
From: http://ping.fm/nuwsp
Distraction.
It is the secret enemy of writers and authors that slithers in, most often unnoticed, when we have many things going on.
Ahhh, the art of multi-tasking.
Distraction presents an especially difficult challenge when good and positive things are happening for and to us.
Writers, like most artists, come to our work because we were not seen and acknowledged by our parents.
Well-meaning, and by no means Mommie Dearest, our parents held our well-being as their utmost concern when guiding, and coercing, if not blatantly steering us from pursuing the work we sought to accomplish as artists in our efforts towards attaining financial fulfillment by doing what we love.
They cared for us. Yet, their ideas were oftentimes the least supportive. And so we found ways of distracting ourselves from their desires and will to have us be more normal by choosing careers offering what they felt certain would provide a more stable and secure lifestyle. Continue reading ‘Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…’
From: http://ping.fm/nuwsp
Distractions, Passion and Showing Up...
Why is it so difficult to write sometimes?
Distraction.
It is the secret enemy of writers and authors that slithers in, most often unnoticed, when we have many things going on.
Ahhh, the art of multi-tasking.
Distraction presents an especially difficult challenge when good and positive things are happening for and to us.
Writers, like most artists, come to our work because we were not seen and acknowledged by our parents.
Well-meaning, and by no means Mommie Dearest, our parents held our well-being as their utmost concern when guiding, and coercing, if not blatantly steering us from pursuing the work we sought to accomplish as artists in our efforts towards attaining financial fulfillment by doing what we love.
They cared for us. Yet, their ideas were oftentimes the least supportive. And so we found ways of distracting ourselves from their desires and will to have us be more normal by choosing careers offering what they felt certain would provide a more stable and secure lifestyle. Continue reading ‘Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…’
From: http://ping.fm/dWpJo
Distraction.
It is the secret enemy of writers and authors that slithers in, most often unnoticed, when we have many things going on.
Ahhh, the art of multi-tasking.
Distraction presents an especially difficult challenge when good and positive things are happening for and to us.
Writers, like most artists, come to our work because we were not seen and acknowledged by our parents.
Well-meaning, and by no means Mommie Dearest, our parents held our well-being as their utmost concern when guiding, and coercing, if not blatantly steering us from pursuing the work we sought to accomplish as artists in our efforts towards attaining financial fulfillment by doing what we love.
They cared for us. Yet, their ideas were oftentimes the least supportive. And so we found ways of distracting ourselves from their desires and will to have us be more normal by choosing careers offering what they felt certain would provide a more stable and secure lifestyle. Continue reading ‘Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…’
From: http://ping.fm/dWpJo
Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel, or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears, and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with those aspects of life that frighten us that we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/xznmk
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel, or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears, and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with those aspects of life that frighten us that we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/xznmk
Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel, or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears, and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with those aspects of life that frighten us that we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/7mhfn
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel, or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears, and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with those aspects of life that frighten us that we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/7mhfn
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