Friday, July 04, 2008

Robert Genn's Baseball Bat...

has hit me on the cranium again. Here is an exerpt from today's 'Painter's Keys' post on being Zen while creating:

Have an attitude of low expectations and nothing to lose.
Try to make deliberate, thoughtful, rhythmic movements.
While not necessarily alone, be solitary.
Allow yourself to dream, flow and indulge your fancies.
Be philosophic about your weaknesses and creative faults.
Let your tools and your media do the talking.
Let your work tell you what it needs.
Let yourself yin and yang between thought and no thought.
Accept imperfection. Try for the spirit of attaining.
Teach yourself to teach yourself as you go.
Be in the now, but look gently ahead.
Be not lazy in your relaxation.

The Good News is that it is all so true and thgiings I have practiced for years without putting it in words. Now I have the words to think about more concretely.

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