December 2, 2009
“I dream a lot. I do more painting when I’m not painting. It’s in the subconscious.” —Andrew Wyeth, American painter
Inspiration is a funny thing. When you’re searching for it, it often becomes slippery and elusive. And yet sometimes, in strange and unexpected ways, creative ideas will sneak in unnoticed and take root in our minds.
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November 20, 2009
The novelist Ernest Hemingway was once asked to create a full story in six words or less. Here is what he wrote: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
Last year, the online magazine Smith asked readers to take up the same challenge and write the story of their own lives in a single, six-word sentence. The [...]
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