Comments on: Quirk & Spirit https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/ Creative Coach, Editor, Instructor, Mentor & Muse Sat, 08 May 2021 22:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Kris H https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1055 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:14:03 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1055 Well, you hit the nail right on the head…you have to Care…the writings I'm drawn to comes from writers who Care: not only about their own burning questions, but mine (the collective me) too – because they've observed "me" from all the angles. They can do it with 50,000 words or 5 (as in the new Lydia Davis collection), as long as they Care enough to summon and/or be ready when "the spirit of creativity" shows up. (Personally, I also think that happens mostly late at night, after Jimmy Fallon…). Thank you Martha – your insights always come at the right time for me (I hope to care enough one day) – Kris H.

]]> By: Peggy Boag https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1054 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:31:14 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1054 Being an O'Hara, I think I must be related to James Joyce because three sentences sounds like a good day's work to me. I love reading about all these creative people and I know I must be one, based of the fact that I seem to light up around midnight and would prefer to stay up all night reading, painting, writing, and sometimes, just perusing the sale items on-line at Kohls. Thanks for this inspiring post Martha.

]]> By: Kate Arnesen https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1053 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:55:15 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1053 Thank God for quirk?
K

]]> By: Trevor Colon https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1052 Sun, 27 Apr 2014 19:43:00 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1052 Thank u thank u thank u!!!
love the insight into how some create!!!
Trev

]]> By: Stephanie Voss https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1051 Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:46:26 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1051 I wasn't givem the privilege of knowing where I came from (I was adopted with a twin sister who is not the same as me at all) , closed files, empty or locked doors every time I've tried to find out my parentage) – so anything in me that is "quirky" – my love of the macabre, fascination with anything weird or different – loving the rejection of authority, any of the psychological characteristics in me that are different or not the norm) – I always have to wonder "where dioes that come from? and without knowing my parentage I have to look to spiritual sources and answers…in the collective unconscious, what gives people their talent, their creativity, their gifts from beyond? Where do the idiosyncrasies originate? Is God or the Universe, or the Creator, a lover of quirks and quirkiness? I cam't help but think so. Originality talent and artistic genius come from Above, whatever "that" is….

]]> By: Jackie Nach https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1050 Sun, 27 Apr 2014 05:36:45 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1050 The night punctuates our accomplishments of the day, giving opportunity to reflect, contemplate and be still. The moon and tides influence reproductive cycles in women and it's no wonder that we find such inner peace under the stars. Quirks?…..or living by ones truth? Taste….or distaste? Subjective or objective. A result of historical, geographic, genetic coincidence, of course. "If reality is a matter of perception, the truth is a matter of selected imagery" – Nixon advisor(!!!) (LOVE the green make-up of T.S. Eliot. Didn't know he had such fashionable flair!)

]]> By: gitta rosenzweig https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1049 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 21:50:10 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1049 Great piece. Enjoyable to read and informative. People's quirks are the most interesting about their personality. Usually hidden things and when revealed sometimes difficult to adjust to the illusion had of the person. Love the range of your pieces.

]]> By: louellanelson https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1048 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:33:37 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1048 Martha, I thoroughly enjoyed visiting all the great thinkers and creators and learning of their quirkiness. I did not know Dickens "dictated his work." And, when I'm writing full time, I, too, create at night. Thanks for sharing these insights.
Lou
I also have a WordPress site: http://www.LouellaNelson.com

]]> By: Darlene Laguna https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1047 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:10:01 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1047 Great advice. Always a fan of "quirky" – now I feel better about your use of that adjective to describe some of my writing! Hello to all of the ladies in the workshop!

]]> By: Marcela https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1046 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:17:55 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2014/04/26/quirk-spirit/#comment-1046 Inspiring and illuminating. I write everywhere from post it’s to blank pages, journals, iPhone, PC. Wherever I am.

Thank you Martha!

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