That's the artist's job, really: continually setting yourself free, and giving yourself new options and new ways of thinking about things.
Miranda JulyThe things keeping you back-these embarrassing, boring, stupid obstacles-are the heart of what it is to be human. Theyโre the whole reason for making and needing art. So you might as well go ahead and begin in whatever way you can right now.
Miranda JulyI supposed this was one reason why people got married, to make a fiction that was tellable. It wasnโt just movies that couldnโt contain the full cast of characters โ it was us. We had to winnow life down so we knew where to put our tenderness and attention; and that was a good, sweet thing. But together or alone, we were still embedded in a kaleidoscope, ruthlessly varied and continuous, until the end of the end.
Miranda July