Let go of the thing that you're trying to be (the noun), and focus on the actual work you need to be doing (the verb). Doing the verb will take you s… - Austin Kleon

Let go of the thing that you’re trying to be (the noun), and focus on the actual work you need to be doing (the verb).

G. C. Lichtenberg said a book is like a mirror: If a jerk looks in, a jerk looks out.

Audiences not only want to stumble across great work, but they, too, long to be creative and part of the creative process. By letting go of our egos and sharing our process, we allow for the possibility of people having an ongoing connection with us and our work, which helps us move more of our product.

What's exciting about the poems is that by destroying writing you can create new writing.