Month: February 2014

  • On Creativity and Perseverance

    clairelegrand:

    I have something to say, to all you creative types out there.

    Not a big thing; just a little thing. A thing that’s been on my mind.

    Don’t give up.

    Whether you’re a writer, an artist, a photographer, a musician, a dancer, a designer.

    Don’t give up.

    Last year was a particularly challenging…

    On Creativity and Perseverance

  • Episode Seven: Tired & Uninspired

    shippingandhandlingpodcast:

    In which 2014 comes in full of hope and promise only to give way to exhaustion and despair under the crushing weight of expectations (Or, reading books all the time is hard, y’all). 

    You can listen to the episode here. 

    Remember you can submit questions to us to be answered on-air via our ask box, via twitter, or by shooting us an email. 

    Thanks for listening! 

  • Wanting to dance isn’t enough to make you dancers. Get your head out of the clouds and start thinking critically. You have to face your physical limitation, not everyone is meant to be a dancer. Prepare yourself for a lifetime of hard-work, sacrifice and more often than not – disappointment.

    — Lucy Raine, Dance Academy (via quotingdanceacademy)

  • If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. -Vincent Van Gogh

    (via stunningpicture)

    LOVE this quote.

    (via clairelegrand)

  • I guess shortcuts come with strings attached. You might sell your soul to the devil without realizing it and miss out on all the trying and failing, clawing yourself out of the mud that’s supposed to make you who you are.

    Tara, Dance Academy Series 3