The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.
Stephen NachmanovitchCreativity can replace conformity as the primary mode of social being. . . . We can cling to that which is passing, or has already passed, or we can remain accessible to-even surrender to-the creative process, without insisting that we know in advance the ultimate outcome for us, our institutions, or our planet. To accept this challenge is to cherish freedom, to embrace life, and to find meaning.
Stephen NachmanovitchThe easiest way to do art is to dispense with success and failure altogether and just get on with it.
Stephen NachmanovitchArtwork is not thought up in consciousness and then, as a separate phase, executed by the hand. The hand surprises us creates and solves problems on its own. Often, enigmas that baffle our brains are dealt with easily, unconsciously, by the hand.
Stephen Nachmanovitch