Jessie’s Reviews > Writing Creativity and Soul > Status Update

“In writing, as in life, perfectionism is not so much the quest for excellence as a response to fear. Fear of limitations. Fear of failure. Fear of not being good enough.”

“if its set free, the imagination creates images, draws connections between seemingly unrelated things, and comes up with all sorts of new meanings, ideas, combinations, and unexpected solutions. the imagination is your discovering faculty, and it requires downtime to browse around without being rushed, to linger on an image, or to drift from one what-if to another.”

“creative images seem to require a period of gestation on which the conscious mind lets go, allowing the unconscious mind to go to work. in my experience, the unconscious is a highly effective incubator. images and ideas deepen, develop, and grow there. new configurations and connections are made. moments of aha arise. a gestation period can be days, weeks, or months.”

“your psyche is constantly metabolising your experiences, turning them into awakenings, wisdom, revelations, and intentions that invent and reinvent who you are.”