bird by bird: the emotional center

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Posting may slow down a little bit this week here at Creativityist. I will be doing a little bit of traveling. I have a number of entries in process right now, including the next installment in the capture everything series. I'll put finishing touches on them and post them if ...

bird by bird: give and give and give and give

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

More words from Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: You are going to have to give and give and give and give, or there's no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from the deepest part of yourself, and you are going to have to go on giving, and ...

bird by bird: the unspeakable

Friday, February 1st, 2008

From Anne Lamott's fantastic book on writing (and life), Bird by Bird: We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you'll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you've already been in. Most human beings ...