creative artists within.....

does painting pottery all day sound like the best idea ever?
does splashing pastels upon a canvas invigorate you?
do you sit at a piano for hours, playing whimsical melodies in one moment, and dark, operatic master pieces the next?
do you secretly hope to be living in the village, going to underground poetry readings on tuesday nights?
do you constantly ask yourself questions like: "what is art, who am i?"
if the artist inside of you screaming to get out...
and you are trying to figure out why creativity is insanely important to you...
you need to read this article from gaping void. and if you've read it before, go ahead and read it again.... it's one of the best pieces i've seen on creativity, ever.

Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. 90% of what separates successful people and failed people is time, effort, and stamina
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Piccasso was a terrible colorist. Turner couldn't paint human beings worth a damn. Saul Steinberg's formal drafting skills were appalling. TS Eliot had a full-time day job. Henry Miller was a wildly uneven writer. Bob Dylan can't sing or play guitar.But that didn't stop them, right?

*warning* if you are wanting to be warned of any bad language prior to clicking on the links i have provided, consider yourself.... warned... there is some.