I’m reading The Creative Act by Rick Rubin and so far yes. Yes to everything. I love the way he writes. Minimal. Poetic. Elegant. And from a place of wisdom.
There’s no need to guild a lily.
Wisdom has inherent beauty. You don’t need to make it pretty with flowery language or even illustrative stories. You just need to give it space to breathe.
I ran into my friend, Fran, at the market yesterday. “I haven’t been collaging lately”, she said. “Good,” I replied.
Gestation is a thing, too. There’s a time to create and there’s a time to rest. To take in. To synthesize. To buy your favorite wine. To savor.
Art isn’t a profession, it’s a way of being.