Neil Gaiman’s Advice to Aspiring Artists

(Source: imperialdalek)

awesomepeoplereading:

Edna St. Vincent Millay reads and writes.

My heart is what it was before
A house where people come and go,
But it is winter with your love:
The sashes are beset with snow.

oatmeal:

How inspiration works. 

Read the rest of the comic here: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/making_things

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Coming up with story ideas and essay pitches in the shower and feeling impressed by their obvious appeal seems a bit like those American Idol contestants, who also feel damn proud of their efforts as long as they’re under pelting water, in a small space with only themselves to judge. We know how mediocre or just plain bad some of those people sound as soon as they’re in front of other people.   

read the rest of “ideas and pitches and pride”.

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headlikeanorange:

Flying Dragons are lizards from Southeast Asia that use folds of skin extending from each side of their bodies to glide from tree to tree. (Great Migrations - NGC)

Just another post reminder to myself to take some freaking flying leaps today.

pedalfar:

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Let’s take some flying leaps today!!!

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