Comments on: Roadblocks, Restrictions, and Other Helpful Things

By: Darcy

Darcy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:39:39 +0000

“Our creative sweat and tears, we feel, are sucked dry in making a living.” I was catching up on this blog entry and I can’t tell you how timely it is. I have found it so frustrating and demoralizing lately that between being tired, doing meaningless tasks at work and barely even having time to take a bathroom break my creativity is zapped and my soul feels utterly unnourished at the end of the day. “Why not spend the little time we’re spared stirring the sauce, rather than stewing in frustration?” Thank you! This is such a nice reminder and reassurance that it is okay if I’m not making the progress I wish I could make as long as I am doing something to head in the right direction when I can.
P.S. Gerry, holy cow you got me thinking on how that translates to metaphysics. Thank you for posting that observation.

By: theresa

theresa — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:04:48 +0000

Things that come easy aren’t appreciated as much as those things that we struggle for. My father taught me that and I’ve tried to teach that to my kids. Thanks for the reminder

By: Gerry

Gerry — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:13:10 +0000

Reminded me of physics: you can’t have movement without friction= resistance.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:34:37 +0000

Fantastic piece. I’ve turned similar thoughts in my head around our culture of breathless-now and hyper immediate gratification. You’ve articulated this idea wonderfully in the context of creativity. You might want to look at some of Kierkegaard’s work as you let these ideas simmer.