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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 06:38 PM Original message |
Artists of All Kinds: Has your creativity every abandoned you? How did you get it back? |
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DS1
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Sat Nov-03-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. movies sometimes helps |
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pitohui
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Sat Nov-03-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. do you ever read peter straub? |
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femmocrat
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Sat Nov-03-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Teaching sucks all the creative life out of me. |
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Karenina
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Sun Nov-04-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Teaching requires an incredible investment of energy. |
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Xipe Totec
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Sat Nov-03-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sleep. Lots of sleep! |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you, I appreciate the responses |
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porphyrian
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Sat Nov-03-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh yeah. I don't control it, it controls me. |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. But mine's been away for a long time. |
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porphyrian
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Sun Nov-04-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Good thing it isn't your car keys. |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. But thank you for the replies |
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BarenakedLady
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Sat Nov-03-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I was there for a couple of years too |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Good for you... |
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Inchworm
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Yay! |
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Redstone
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Lost and never recovered. I was a musician, and two failed surgeries on one |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. All my entire heart goes out to you |
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Redstone
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Thank you for your reply. Actually, it's hurt Mrs R even more than it's hurt me; |
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Karenina
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Sun Nov-04-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. That SUCKS, Redstone. BIG TIME. |
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Redstone
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Sun Nov-04-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The same way other people who have lost something important to them have |
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Dora
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Fallow times. |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No, every word everyone here writes I take deadly seriously |
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Dora
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. What's your calling? |
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Inchworm
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Mine has gone |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thanks for talking about it, and feel free to |
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Inchworm
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I love to write |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. If creativity has been a huge part of your life |
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bicentennial_baby
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm just getting back to it now... |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That's wonderful |
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bicentennial_baby
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I'm really loving it... |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. You have to force yourself to work even when you don't want to. |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. If your identity is wrapped up in what you create, then losing that desire to create |
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Karenina
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Sun Nov-04-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. That's what I'm experiencing at the moment. |
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abq e streeter
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. Constant struggle to keep creativity going... |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Thank you very much |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Can depression stop someone from wanting to create? NT |
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BarenakedLady
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yes. (n/t) |
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Tuesday Afternoon
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. When my muse fails me in one medium I move onto another... |
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mitchum
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Sat Nov-03-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. That's exactly what I was going to suggest |
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Tuesday Afternoon
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Sat Nov-03-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Seems to work best for me. if unispired, then I take that as a sign |
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JTG of the PRB
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. My creativity is still with me, as strong as ever. |
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Mike03
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Sat Nov-03-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. I've never been this lost |
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Bennyboy
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Sat Nov-03-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. Burning Man.... |
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pitohui
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Sat Nov-03-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. i used to work as a writer in the 80s |
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graywarrior
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Sun Nov-04-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
39. I joined an Artis Way group. |
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Haole Girl
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Sun Nov-04-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
40. I'm not an artist, but I do know what... |
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