From: Michael Moynihan <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:52:50 -0500 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Martha Graham quote on the uniqueness of creators What an absolutely mind expanding, true, beautiful & wondrous quote. Thank you for sharing it! - Michael John moynihan On Mar 25, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Mary Robinette Kowal wrote: > There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated > through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time. > This expression is unique. > > And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; > and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to > determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. > It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the > channel open. > > You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have > to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. > > Keep the channel open=85No artist is pleased=85 > > There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a > queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching > and makes us more alive than the others. > > =96Martha Graham (to Agnes DeMille), Martha: The Life and Work of > Martha Graham _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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