tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post5519769035285791634..comments2023-05-12T05:10:30.674-06:00Comments on Hamguin's Hide-not: Creativity: a creature of habit (My Sacred Life, Sunday)Rick Hamrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-87999931847384774112009-11-06T05:00:27.000-07:002009-11-06T05:00:27.000-07:00Kelly, thanks for stopping by and letting me know ...Kelly, thanks for stopping by and letting me know you were here.<br /><br />Jules--you never know (because I never do) when another post or a dozen more might show up. Aren't you supposed to be making plans for a trip out here to the Wild West?Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-77704177145414281912009-11-05T10:31:30.000-07:002009-11-05T10:31:30.000-07:00I think you should start by writing more blog post...I think you should start by writing more blog posts. Sincerely, Pot vs. Kettle (JulieRick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-79976136061661346572009-10-21T20:14:04.000-06:002009-10-21T20:14:04.000-06:00Good post, Rick. Yes, I just LOOOOOVED that TED Ta...Good post, Rick. Yes, I just LOOOOOVED that TED Talk, too.Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-25768848172282666412009-10-19T09:36:46.000-06:002009-10-19T09:36:46.000-06:00Yes, O, I have written about this Liz Gilbert vide...Yes, O, I have written about this Liz Gilbert video at least twice before, and I may write about it five more times. It is that good. The hope it offers to those of an artistic bent who seem to be caught in the 'tortured soul' aspect of the artist is particularly important.Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-47992555282638670732009-10-19T09:34:08.000-06:002009-10-19T09:34:08.000-06:00Lyn, you are quite right: Anne Lamotte offers us a...Lyn, you are quite right: Anne Lamotte offers us a great deal about life and what she has learned of it in her book. If it were up to me, it would be required reading.Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-20229176464760945262009-10-19T09:31:49.000-06:002009-10-19T09:31:49.000-06:00Steve, I wholeheartedly agree that devotion and cr...Steve, I wholeheartedly agree that devotion and creativity are connected. In the case of attaining mastery as described by Gladwell, it can only free one to become as creative as one can be once the tool or instrument or art has been mastered. Then, one is free to create without the continuous attention to how to implement the urge. With mastery, the implementation becomes transparent, or nearly so.Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-807545114463943752009-10-18T13:54:52.000-06:002009-10-18T13:54:52.000-06:00I was familiar with this talk and have blogged abo...I was familiar with this talk and have blogged about it myself, but was glad to read your reflections and then to have the opportunity to watch it again. It touched me again, just like in previous times. Her passion and ability to inspire continues through many viewings. Thank you Rick!Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-62977937612432416932009-10-18T13:48:16.000-06:002009-10-18T13:48:16.000-06:00I wrote a comment, but failed to say who was comme...I wrote a comment, but failed to say who was commenting. Now if I can remember what I said! <br /><br />"Bird by Bird" is an excellent book for anyone to read, not only aspiring writers. I've not read it recently, and I should reread it. I recall that many of her ideas apply not only to writing, but to living life fully, also. Yes, I need to find it, dust it off, and soak up her words.Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-24703258918330457762009-10-18T06:33:04.000-06:002009-10-18T06:33:04.000-06:00Rick, I am working my way through Outliers by Malc...Rick, I am working my way through Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and pondering the connections between needing 10,000 hours for mastery and creativity. If one approaches their passion with such devotion as spending that much time, coming to the table so to speak, then by practice alone, the odds for being creative must improve. <br /><br />Could someone fully passionate and fully engaged, continuing to explore between the lines or along the edges for so long not be creative? I think they would be more so. How does this sit with you?Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.com