9.13.2010

Creative Achievement

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
-Alfred North Whitehead
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i feel as though i haven't had time to breathe in the past three weeks. school has been a whirlwind. changing relationships, food, schooling, jobs. the list goes on and on. yet i feel as though as long as i keep my center, my focus and my motives true to what i believe in, there isn't anything i can't do. lately i've been feeling the creativity pushing within me and it's so close to overflowing into my actual artwork..but i can't get to that point yet. i need a break. i really wish that there were some really great art museums to go to and get lost in. i miss the chicago institute. i also miss the beach on stormy days. it's better than getting a tan.
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We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
-Frederick Keonig