January 8, 2012

Happy New Year!

A new year begins slowly for me. The dark and the cold make me wish I could hibernate until the ground warms and the days lengthen again. It's hard to feel energized and inspired when the skies are grey, and the electric blanket envelops me.
I was happy to find these two quotations that motivate me to get out of bed and begin to create.

"The possible's slow fuse is lit by the imagination."
- Emily Dickinson

I don't believe that all fantasies are by definition impossibilities. Unlikely as a wish may be, a spark of imagination can be all it takes to begin a course of action that makes the dream real. It may be slow journey, full of hesitations, but with patience I'm amazed at what can be achieved. This quotation inspires me to dream more this year, and to ask myself, "Why not?"




"Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something."
- Walker Evans

This full quotation I took this from is "Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." Walker Evans said that the art of photography came down to "the defining of observation full and felt." I think that this is true for other art forms as well. If this isn't encouragement to get up and use your curiosity, I don't know what is!