So I'm trying to follow this writing schedule I made and started on my birthday. I'm not doing bad so far, except that I am completely uninspired to write the inspirational articles that pay the most. And there is one blog I'm not even working on until the beginning of March.
Working this hard just makes me want more credit though. And when I don't get it, I'm really frustrated. And then I have to go read some Rilke -- Letters to a Young Poet -- to make myself feel better.
What am I doing wrong? Really? Am I going to end up being one of those poor artists that can never figure out how to succeed and is never recognized?
If that's it.... Great. Seriously. If I can't spill my thoughts and emotions in an art form as a life project, then I can't bear the thought of floating through life just trying to get through the day-to-day.
Okay, on a happy note! The boyfriend and I made delicious snicker-doodles today. We both worked in the kitchen together and it turned out okay! And I didn't burn myself or cause any major messes or accidents! However, since I was involved in the cookie making process, I didn't get any wonderful pictures to post.
And here are some quotes for you:
"This is not a 'course in drama.' It is a course in opening up the vastness in you as a human being...There is no other way to grow except through an art form today. A few hundred years ago, maybe religion could do it. But today, only the art form is able to stretch a human being so he can measure up to his potential to grow and grow and understand himself and his life until the end. We are here to get that." Stella Adler
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth, will destroy you." The Gnostic Gospels
"Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance." Henri Matisse
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