Creative living, or the life of a creator, seems like a leap into the unknown only because "normal life" is rigid and traumatized.
Stephen NachmanovitchThere are only people doing their imperfect best at doing their imperfect jobs
Stephen NachmanovitchThis is the evolutionary value of play- play makes us flexible. By reinterpreting reality and begetting novelty, we keep from becoming rigid. Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways.
Stephen NachmanovitchThe power of mistakes enables us to reframe creative blocks and turn them around...The troublesome parts of our work, the parts that are most baffling and frustrating, are in fact the growing edges. We see these opportunities the instant we drop our preconceptions and our self-importance.
Stephen Nachmanovitch