Essays taken from a weekly newspaper column published in the Washington County News, Washington, Kansas. Look for my book, "Dispatches From Kansas," available from Amazon.com, or from the author.
It's the collection of our work--the repeat cycle of making things and sending them out into the word--that helps us illustrate who we are, what we stand for, where we're going and why...
Good gosh.
Habits of mind, art and being – how we think, what we create, who we are -don’t develop because someone demands them of us, any more than they arise from our passing impulses. For something to become a habit, it must become second nature to us, and that takes time, repetition and awareness.
What a wonderful, wonderful post. It's always good to see someone put one of your deepest convictions into different words.
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Gotta love the whole create-share- sustain. I've read it before, but thanks for the reminder
It's the collection of our work--the repeat cycle of making things and sending them out into the word--that helps us illustrate who we are, what we stand for, where we're going and why...
Good gosh.
Habits of mind, art and being – how we think, what we create, who we are -don’t develop because someone demands them of us, any more than they arise from our passing impulses. For something to become a habit, it must become second nature to us, and that takes time, repetition and awareness.
What a wonderful, wonderful post. It's always good to see someone put one of your deepest convictions into different words.
Lind and k -- You both get it! Thanks for letting me share with you.
Now you've got me thinking Tom. We need to do something different.
(Side note - I think the first guy was using a Canon.)
Thanks for posting that link, I really, really needed that.
Scott -- Me, too! I've watched it about a hundred times and never get tired of it. Glad I could share.
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