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"In this twisted version of Darwinian determinism, we tell ourselves that real artists can survive the most hostile environments and yet find their true calling like homing pigeons....For many shadow artists, life may be a discontented experience, filled with a sense of missed purpose and unfulfilled promise."

"A mystery draws us in, leads us on, lures us. (A duty may numb us out, turn us off, tune us out.) In filling the well, follow your sense of the mysterious, not your sense of what you should know more about. A mystery can be very simple: if I drive this road, not my usual road, what will I see? Changing a known route throws us into the now. We become refocused on the visible, visual world. Sight leads to insight."

"Boredom is just 'What's the use?' in disguise. And 'What's the use?' is just fear, and fear means you are secretly in despair. So put your fears on the page. Put anything on the page."