“The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it’s not without doubt but in spite of doubt.” Rollo May Isn’t that a great way of looking at things. Does it pop out at you like it does at me? Rollo May’s quote literally jumped off the [...]
We all create every day, they say. It’s true: we do. You do. And yet: there’s more. I’ve heard it, felt it, sung it, seen it. It’s art in small letters, it’s art with a heart, it’s art for a change. It’s not Art with a capital ‘A’, for all its splendour. It’s not about [...]
“When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.” James Thurber What lovely words to find as I prepare to set off for Cambo House, and Joanna Paterson’s writing retreat!
I must write it all out at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Now the sun is shining here in Yorkshire, now the air is finally warming up, now the air becomes scented, now the cacophony of bird and insect life [...]
We know so well, don’t we, all that stuff about change having to happen within ourselves. That it doesn’t matter what others think. That what matters is what we believe to be true? It’s undoubtedly the case. Yet at the same time it helps when we get affirmation and recognition from others. Recognition of that [...]