Sit bone.
“A Momentary Creed” by W.S. Merwin
I believe in the ordinary day
that is here at this moment and is me
I do not see it going its own way
but I never saw how it came to me
it extends beyond whatever I may
think I know and all that is real to me
it is the present that it bears away
where has it gone when it has gone from me
there is no place I know outside today
except for the unknown all around me
the only presence that appears to stay
everything that I call mine it lent me
even the way that I believe the day
for as long as it is here and is me
—- WS Merwin
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Umbrella.
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Sit bone.
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Photographer Ebru Yildiz on never taking your career for granted https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/photographer-ebru-yildiz-on-never-taking-your-career-for-granted/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_content=muz4now%2Fmagazine%2Fart%2C%20creativity%2C%20and%20creative%20process&utm_medium=mastodon #creativity
Not Too Long & Not Too Short
Here’s a quick notification for anyone interested in writing and publication venues and supporting a fun Kickstarter:
Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology by Storm Humbert
The idea for Missed-Fits is born of two central motivations at Calendar of Fools: the desire to create truly unique books and reading experiences for our readers, and the desire to provide a service or fill a gap we see in the professional short fiction space. In this case, the gap we saw was a relative dearth of stories of a certain length (1,200 to 2,100 words)…
I backed an earlier Calendar of Fools campaign and am happy to see that these anthologies are still going strong.
Given that I like books, often write stories that don’t fit traditional venue length requirements, and enjoy supporting artists, this is right up my alley.
Perhaps these are things you like too?
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Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash #365Ways #365Ways2026 #anthologies #creativity #inspiration #Kickstarter #Writers #writing
New blog post of friendship , creativity , Doctor Who and Bodmin #reading #libraries #cornwall #creativity
https://thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-west-country-week
Inspiriert von Stephen Kings "On Writing" zeigt Benedikt Wells in "Die Geschichten in uns" seinen Weg zum Schreiben auf, erläutert seinen Schreibprozess und lässt tief in seine Werkzeugkiste des Schreibens schauen. Eine schöne Einführung in das literarische Schreiben mit einem ausführlichen Literaturverzeichnis.
#writing #schreiben #books #literature #buch #livre #chemnitz #buechersonntag #creativity
Art can't co-exist with machines for long. Having used AI to generate music for over a year now, I realized the options available has a short shelf life, compares to the infinite options available with traditional creative processes. #creativity
#HermitageTN - TODAY! #Reuse #Sculpture Workshop with Turnip Green #CreativeReuse
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
When: Sunday, February 15, 2026 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Where: Hermitage Library
3700 James Kay Lane
Hermitage, TN 37076
Description: Make a mini reuse sculpture with cardboard, Styrofoam, tissue paper, and other reuse materials. Simone Leigh's art will help us shape dynamic creations. For all ages.
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Reflecting on My Failure to Write a New York Times Bestselling Book
What I learned about ambition, success, and the privilege of writing after chasing the wrong goal for many years Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-write-a-new-york-times-bestselling-book-42eefb70a69
#failure #writingtips #authenticity #creativity #writinglife
2017 The Cutting Board
The Art of Last-Minute Preparation: More Than Laziness
To the outside observer, leaving things to the last minute often reads as laziness, procrastination, or irresponsibility. Friends, family, teachers, and colleagues might see it as a flaw, a gap in discipline, or a failure to plan. Social norms are clear: success is supposed to come from methodical, early preparation, from steady, predictable progress. Yet, for those of us who operate differently, the last-minute approach is not born from idleness but from an intricate, almost subconscious, […]
Shifting physical location can unlock creativity.
Even a new seat helps.
Where will you sit to write tomorrow?
What's the community's opinion of doing trailers for your novels? See a lot of them about but no data on effectiveness.
This brief highlights an approach that may resonate with clinicians exploring unconscious processing and problem-solving. By illustrating how targeted cues during REM sleep can steer dreaming content and relate to subsequent problem-solving performance, the piece touches on mechanisms of memory integration and creative cognition—areas of interest for researchers observing how sleep contributes to mental flexibility and idea generation. The report offers a concise example of how external stimuli can influence cognitive processes during sleep, which may inform discussions about resilience, coping strategies, and cognitive reframing in practice.
Article Title: Scientists found a way to plant ideas in dreams to boost creativity
Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://ift dot tt/wbKUeLH
Sleep on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream tweaks may boost creativity. By playing subtle sound cues during REM sleep, researchers prompted people to dream about unsolved brain teasers they had struggled with earlier. An astonishing 75% of participants dreamed about the cued puzzles, and those puzzles were solved far more often the next day.
via Mind & Brain News -- ScienceDaily https://ift dot tt/xw6gCdY
February 15, 2026 at 01:47AM
#sleep #dreams #creativity #memory #cognition
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A day in the life of a working musician #creativity #inspiration #music #recording #studio #webstories https://muz4now.com/web-stories/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-working-musician
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#YonkersNY - Mid-Winter Break #ArtCamp
Riverfront Library
Riverfront Children's Department - Study Carrels (2nd Floor)
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Friday, February 20, 2026
3:00pm–5:00pm
Program Type: Arts & Culture
Age Group: Kids
"Art Inspires Wellness supports art enrichment for students outside the classroom.
Join us for Mid- Winter Break 2026 Art Camp at Yonkers Riverfront Library and bring out your inner artist. Create dazzling artwork under the guidance of International Professional Artist and Yonkers resident Eddie Grigg. Art brings peace and calm to the soul!
Parents/Guardians must stay - this is not a drop-off program."
Yonkers Public Library
One Larkin Center
Yonkers, NY 10701
FMI:
https://www.ypl.org/event/mid-winter-break-art-camp-96105
#SolarPunkSunday #LibrariesRule #MakeArt #ArtCamp #YonkersPublicLibrary #Creativity #ArtInspiresWellness
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