Liz Galarza
@lizgalarza
multidisciplinary creative
playing, exploring, and being.
Liz Galarza
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on idea... See more
Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
We have to give up. You surrender to the reality that things just take the time they take, and that you can’t quiet your anxieties by working faster, because it isn’t within your power to force reality’s pace as much as you feel you need to, and because the faster you go, the faster you’ll feel you need to go. If you can let those fantasies crumble... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Daily Schedules
Even creative work needs scheduling. The greatest writers and artists didn’t wait for inspiration. They kept a strict daily schedule for creating their art. A routine triggers inspiration because your mind and body learn that ideas emerge at that time. The world’s greatest achievements were squeezed into existence by deadlines.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
#rituals
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life. I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life.” I’ve learned that life sometimes
... See moreSometimes, the smallest and simplest acts take so little time that they can easily be done on autopilot, like drinking a glass of water or peeling fruit. Still, I have found that in them lays the key to a new kind of presence.
To support our practice, we might set up a daily schedule, where we engage in particular rituals at specific times every day or week.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rituals
To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just redo it, redo it, redo it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.