The War of Art and The Lizard Brain
Material to stimulate Art - Continued This is a repetition somewhat of a previous post with some additional material on the subject of guides for the production of Artistic Work. The war of Art - Pressfield speaks of a tremendous animus force pushing headlong against our greatest need to create, trying to suppress us creating ( creating anything new whether an entrepreneurial venture or a sculpture or song). Turning pro is a step in defeating this as is putting work out there to suceed or fail and mostly fail. Failing does not mean I'm a failure - in fact it probably is the opposite - the Lizard and the Resistance did not have their day in the sun either - so is it a draw or a win? Pressfield writes that fear is the thing we can use to indicate what we most need to do. Go in the uncomfortable direction - the road less traveled as it were. Derek Sivers says the same thing; his idea is to - do whatever excites you or makes you afraid - and if there's somet