Monday, October 01, 2007

Don't think Meat. Just throw.

I think the reason I don't post more often is that...well...I feel like I have nothing EXTRAORDINARY to say. Somehow, I need to have some INSIGHT before I should take another tiny piece of Google's server space. Then I remembered this quote from Martha Graham:

"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it.

It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."

Ain't that cool? It's chock full of all sorts of tasty wisdom. The main point I get from it is the same lesson Crash was trying to teach Nuke in Bull Durham. The more you think and plan and consider, the less likely you are to act natural and hit your target.

So just throw it all out there, know that even when it's crap, you at least gave it a shot, and each time you try the more likely you are to bullseye the target.

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