A blog about creativity and fear by Eric Maierson.Tumblr (3.0; @fthef)http://fthef.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a1686268f38d6f44a9bad30d2b1d37d/tumblr_mn4kr8WMz11qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/50954814573/okay" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2013/05/o-k.html" target="_blank">Okay</a>?</p></blockquote>http://fthef.com/post/50971809653http://fthef.com/post/50971809653Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:42 -0400ok“A ‘boring person’ is just someone lacking the courage to be sufficiently weird with themselves.”<br/><br/> - <em>Alain De Botton (via <a href="http://isay.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">isay</a>)</em>http://fthef.com/post/50111862529http://fthef.com/post/50111862529Fri, 10 May 2013 17:05:12 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dff6a7bafae0f629451b088d9ba66731/tumblr_mmhyiuHZxm1rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/49955049837/raymond-chandlers-wisdom-on-writing-culled-from" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Raymond Chandler</strong>’s <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/08/raymond-chandler-on-writing/?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer8e0f0" target="_blank">wisdom on writing</a>, culled from 20+ years of his correspondence. </p></blockquote>http://fthef.com/post/49971218891http://fthef.com/post/49971218891Wed, 08 May 2013 20:03:39 -0400<a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/12/john-cleese-on-creativity-1991/">True play is experimentation. </a>: <p>A repost but worth re-watching. </p>http://fthef.com/post/49690163607http://fthef.com/post/49690163607Sun, 05 May 2013 11:17:45 -0400“There will never be a good time to write. It will never be easier. If you won’t find an hour a day now, you won’t find it then.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnneLamott/posts/317015661761417" target="_blank">I had a great idea…</a> - Annie Lamott, read it.</em>http://fthef.com/post/49379293240http://fthef.com/post/49379293240Wed, 01 May 2013 16:05:20 -0400““If you want to be a creative person, then you’re gonna have to be creative in how you put your career together. There isn’t a path. Part of the creativity is making your path.””<br/><br/> - <em>Alec Soth on creating a career in photography, and how he pays the rent today. <a href="http://www.americanphotomag.com/article/2013/04/alec-soth-how-you-living" target="_blank">Read our full interview here. </a> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://americanphoto.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">americanphoto</a>)</em>http://fthef.com/post/49252785536http://fthef.com/post/49252785536Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:38:48 -0400““It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.””<br/><br/> - <em>Tom Waits</em>http://fthef.com/post/48768772756http://fthef.com/post/48768772756Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:01:54 -0400“The significant story possesses more awareness than the writer writing it. The significant story is always greater than the writer writing it. This is the absurdity, the disorienting truth, the question that is not even a question, this is the koan of writing.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/01/joy-williams-on-why-writers-write/" target="_blank">Joy Williams on Why Writers Write | Brain Pickings</a></em>http://fthef.com/post/48550370005http://fthef.com/post/48550370005Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:03:12 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/47322970?byline=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://fthef.com/post/48463621368http://fthef.com/post/48463621368Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:17:28 -0400steal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7bba07b84376006d55be40a8a783e779/tumblr_mksfma2AAF1rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/47194801666/wisdom-on-writing-from-roger-ebert-rip-echoing" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/04/05/rip-roger-ebert-life-itself/" target="_blank">Wisdom on writing</a> from <strong>Roger Ebert </strong>(RIP), echoing <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/27/chuck-close-on-creativity/" target="_blank">Chuck Close</a>, <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/20/daily-routines-writers/" target="_blank">E. B. White</a>, <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/07/24/tchaikovsky-on-work-ethic-vs-inspiration/" target="_blank">Tchaikovsky, Jack White</a>, and <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/18/isabel-allende-on-writing/" target="_blank">Isabel Allende</a>. </p></blockquote>http://fthef.com/post/47202541688http://fthef.com/post/47202541688Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:29:46 -0400<a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/03/the-worst-feedback-is-indifference.html">Seth's Blog: The worst feedback is indifference</a>: <p>Read it</p>http://fthef.com/post/46083483104http://fthef.com/post/46083483104Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:07:54 -0400criticism“Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke ‘em down to nothing.”<br/><br/> - <em>Tom Waits (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thepinesaredancing.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">thepinesaredancing</a>)</em>http://fthef.com/post/45196439717http://fthef.com/post/45196439717Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:56:37 -0400“You don’t just head down to the career center at your community college and fill out an application to be a successful entrepreneur, or a famous musician, or a professional basketball player. You have to give yourself permission to suck first.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/permission-to-suck/" target="_blank">Permission to Suck</a></em>http://fthef.com/post/45041947713http://fthef.com/post/45041947713Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:41:23 -0400wuck<a href="http://lifehacker.com/5987383/perform-better-in-your-field-by-paying-attention-to-your-peers">Perform Better in Your Field by Paying Attention to Your Peers</a>http://fthef.com/post/44410026956http://fthef.com/post/44410026956Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:00:27 -0500steal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7e67a61bc03d98a2f47097109da475f/tumblr_mixv9jz8Yv1rxayv8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fthef.com/post/44223006564http://fthef.com/post/44223006564Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:32:07 -0500story<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21598f4df36eb16325475fe6c41a53c2/tumblr_mihtz3Th1x1rxayv8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Exit the comfort zone</p>http://fthef.com/post/43525474677http://fthef.com/post/43525474677Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:42:39 -0500comfortwork“Craftsmanship means caring about what you create. It means you measure twice and cut once. It means you look at what you are creating from every angle and don’t cut corners. In short, craftsmanship means you don’t ship crap and you never mail it in.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://macsparky.com/blog/2013/1/craftsmanship-and-my-father" target="_blank">Craftsmanship and My Father </a> - MacSparky</em>http://fthef.com/post/41558199898http://fthef.com/post/41558199898Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:09:53 -0500craftsmanship<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ed50d9abfcb169748f634e9a770f9a71/tumblr_mh8g18f3AM1rxayv8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The creative process</p>http://fthef.com/post/41516400662http://fthef.com/post/41516400662Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:29:31 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f7cf606509377437838516b1c74332e7/tumblr_mgy4dkHs651qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/41048394130/pascal" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>— <a href="http://bit.ly/nevvvver" target="_blank">Pascal</a></p> </blockquote>http://fthef.com/post/41064688398http://fthef.com/post/41064688398Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:01:38 -0500work<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/36b2939237a249fa479d0124226f9902/tumblr_mgun54SIIQ1rxayv8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fthef.com/post/41031830728http://fthef.com/post/41031830728Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:27:30 -0500fear