{"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative " ~Oscar Wilde}

I absolutely believe "earth without 'art' is 'eh'." I think it's marvelous what the right combination of photos, words, pictures, and music can do. It's inspiration; This is mine. And I'm just mad about it.

Now go read a book. Seriously. Intelligence and good grammar are a turn-on.

Read the Printed Word!
The simple fact is that people who achieve excellence in their fields didn’t just have a dream. They got up at 4:00 am to practice on parallel bars or had to forgo other desirable activities and paths in order to get in six hours of violin practice a day, or stayed off several million absurd writing advice blogs with their overheated little cliques that dispense useless regurgitated maxims and empty praise and decide to actually confront their own thoughts on a page. Or they read Beowulf and Dante carefully and deeply when they didn’t see any point, since all they were interested in was Sylvia Plath, because someone of more experience and wisdom told them to do so. I don’t know whether we’re overly lazy, stupid, or childish these days. But the idea of preparing oneself for excellence has somehow disappeared. So – my advice to dreamers: Don’t just follow your dreams. Earn them. Do what it takes to achieve it. Work for it. Don’t just sit there and dream because if you do, it will never, ever be yours.
Don’t Follow Your Dream by Harrison Solow (via crimsun)

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Posted on February 22nd, 2012
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