tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post7887944089209169447..comments2024-01-07T00:44:10.737-08:00Comments on Lisa Snellings: Chipping wisdomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033378825749946868noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-65092160976134329842007-02-28T10:38:00.000-08:002007-02-28T10:38:00.000-08:00Man did I need to read this today or what! I have...Man did I need to read this today or what! I have a boatload a notes for a re-write that I need to do on a project and I have just let the last three weeks slide by telling myself "well I don't have time to get it all done so I'll just wait". I need to get back to my One Page A Day process. That is a totally manageable amount of work on almost any given day and things get done.Miss Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08278662978242206276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-78749710725266134712007-02-27T19:53:00.000-08:002007-02-27T19:53:00.000-08:00I think the idea behind the 'chipping away' is to ...I think the idea behind the 'chipping away' is to train your brain to get into a creative zone. It can be done. Even if nothing gets done the first few sessions, you teach yourself that this time is for _______. Eventually, your brain will catch on and the time will become productive. I didn't make this up. I learned it from Ray Bradbury. He says it worked for him. I talked with Gene Wolfe about it. He had periods in his life where time to write was hard to squeeze in. He agrees it works. Brains can be trained... oops...idea. Better go write this one down. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, dan guy, carolyn and rubius. you often inspire me.lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410230007560550179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-61938269941988703292007-02-27T17:42:00.000-08:002007-02-27T17:42:00.000-08:00Thank you as always Lisa. You are one of my happy...Thank you as always Lisa. You are one of my happy thoughts.<BR/><BR/>You never fail to impress and inspire me.<BR/><BR/>KristinaRubiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12489017422221346200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-78188196150757242007-02-27T08:14:00.000-08:002007-02-27T08:14:00.000-08:00I agree. In theory. Putting it into practise would...I agree. In theory. Putting it into practise would appear to take more energy and hope than I am currently blessed with, but maybe if I just start anyway the inertia and caffeine will conspire to make something happen.<BR/><BR/>One can only hope.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the inspiration! I'm damn well going to finish something today, even if it's only the laundry!Otherkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008601165091139258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-42917138657720476652007-02-27T07:46:00.000-08:002007-02-27T07:46:00.000-08:00As someone who has trained in classical ballet for...As someone who has trained in classical ballet for 21 years but chose to sidestep a professional career in order to live a more balanced life, I have to put in my two cents for chipping away.<BR/><BR/>The bad days in the studio are the ones when I look around me at the people who have something I want for myself--better turnout, higher extension--and envy them. The good days are those in which I live in my body, in the process and the ritual, and feel myself jump a little higher, stretch a little farther, slip in an extra pierrouette when I wasn't sure I could. Coming back after several months off because of an injury a few years ago, I marveled at what my body still knew, and at the things it had managed to process on its own while I was forced to rest and recuperate. Sometimes the self continues to chip away at things even when we don't realize that is what it is doing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14622474488479330513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-3209151913373743552007-02-27T05:00:00.000-08:002007-02-27T05:00:00.000-08:00千里之行,始于足下(A journey of a thousand miles began with...千里之行,始于足下<BR/><BR/>(A journey of a thousand miles began with a single step.)Dan Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894953005632382940noreply@blogger.com