The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
244 followers · 3239 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgDeliberately set out to create crap — lots of crap. (p. 42) #AbortiveAttempts
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
244 followers · 3196 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgDon’t wait until you can get it right before you start. (p. 35) #AbortiveAttempts
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
244 followers · 3193 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgToo many times we think and think and worry about what we hope to have when it’s finished — that perfect poem or song or painting — and so we never start because we can’t see how we’re going to make it that perfect. (p. 35) #AbortiveAttempts
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
245 followers · 3183 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
243 followers · 3128 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
That moment when we're tempted to think our first effort is enough — #TaskAvoidance gives us the distance to apply #Gestalt to what is actually an #AbortiveAttempts, thus proving: #CrasMeliorEst. #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
#taskavoidance #gestalt #abortiveattempts #crasmeliorest #lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
242 followers · 3122 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Plato was not always right. #AbortiveAttempts #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
#abortiveattempts #lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
241 followers · 3085 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Trying things is the answer to your talent. — Howard Finster #MakeTheThingThatIsNot #AbortiveAttempts
#makethethingthatisnot #abortiveattempts
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
241 followers · 3076 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
"Look at all those other people going places!
Is there any reason you shouldn't hop on and go, too?
#MakeTheThingThatIsNot #AbortiveAttempts #Lichtenbergianism" #postcardquotes
#makethethingthatisnot #abortiveattempts #lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
240 followers · 3040 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
There are always multiple paths to the thing you want to make. There is never just one. #AbortiveAttempts #MakeTheThingThatIsNot #postcardquotes
#abortiveattempts #makethethingthatisnot #postcardquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
240 followers · 3040 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Are your stars not perfect? Good. You're getting there. #AbortiveAttempts #SuccessiveApproximation #postcardquotes
#abortiveattempts #successiveapproximation #postcardquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
239 followers · 3019 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
You cannot make it perfect. Why would you even try? #AbortiveAttempts #MakeTheThingThatIsNot #postcardquotes
#abortiveattempts #makethethingthatisnot #postcardquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
239 followers · 3000 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgNot at all productive, I don’t think, but hey, it’s paint on board and not in the tube. #AbortiveAttempts #Lichtenbergianism #blogquotes
#abortiveattempts #lichtenbergianism #blogquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
239 followers · 2990 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
234 followers · 2946 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgTo The Critic: This piece, this drawing, this poem, is going to be *crap*. I am *deliberately* going to put down whatever comes into my head or my fingers and THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME. (p. 36) #AbortiveAttempts
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
234 followers · 2946 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgThe whole point of writing #AbortiveAttempts at the top of your page is to give yourself permission to fail. (p. 36)
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
234 followers · 2928 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
It is almost always the case that we fail to create because we fear not being able to do it. We fear that first mistake. That is the mistake. #AbortiveAttempts #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
#abortiveattempts #lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
234 followers · 2928 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
If you could see it, would it be your target? #Gestalt #AbortiveAttempts #postcardquotes
#gestalt #abortiveattempts #postcardquotes
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
230 followers · 2896 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Trying things is the answer to your talent. — Howard Finster #MakeTheThingThatIsNot #AbortiveAttempts
#makethethingthatisnot #abortiveattempts
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
231 followers · 2871 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgDeliberately set out to create crap — lots of crap. (p. 42) #AbortiveAttempts
The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
224 followers · 2806 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Plato was not always right. #AbortiveAttempts #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
#abortiveattempts #lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes