tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post4365730301166573559..comments2024-03-17T03:17:43.229-04:00Comments on David Anthony Durham: ResistanceDavid Anthony Durhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-46355069849568877872007-12-06T02:11:00.000-05:002007-12-06T02:11:00.000-05:00You DO look calm in your photo. Perhaps resistance...You DO look calm in your photo. Perhaps resistance has rendered you immobile! I hate resistance. I fight it all the time. I can't recommend Pressfield's book enough. The initial chapter will describe anyone's attempt at a creative day completely.<BR/><BR/>Have you looked at dad's post on The Gift: How the creative spirit transforms the world by Lewis Hyde (presently Creative Writing professor in Ohio)? <BR/><BR/>I think if you take Pressfield's (negative) resistance and Hyde's (positive) daemon then you really have something to fight with and develop simultaneously. Ying and yang. <BR/><BR/>ACatOIC - don't forget your towel!James McLauchlan Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709990473841688450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-83825943411076159232007-12-03T23:02:00.000-05:002007-12-03T23:02:00.000-05:00ACatOIC,"Congratulations on breaking through long ...ACatOIC,<BR/><BR/>"Congratulations on breaking through long enough to write a post"? No, no, no... That's the tricky thing with this resistance crap. Writing the post WAS an act of resistance! It was a way to keep me from my real work. To keep the monster novel at bay a little while. Admittedly, I've also been uninspired blogging-wise, but it's much, much easier to write words here than it is to carve further into the 250,000 word beast the next novel is likely to be.<BR/><BR/>Oh, see, I'm doing it again! I should be WRITING, not writing... Oh, it's confusing.<BR/><BR/>At least I look calm in my author photo...David Anthony Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-52299490356537745362007-12-03T22:24:00.000-05:002007-12-03T22:24:00.000-05:00Resistance is useless! (As the Vogons in Hitchiker...Resistance is useless! (As the Vogons in Hitchiker's Guide would say).<BR/><BR/>I have just finished a blog post about this very thing ... this strange compulsion to clean the windows, sort underwear by colour or alphabetise anything within reach when you sit down at the computer to write. Congratulations on breaking through it for long enough to write a post.Andrea Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304706719936895188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-69551702682719032172007-12-03T09:17:00.000-05:002007-12-03T09:17:00.000-05:00I never heard of that book, I'll have to check it ...I never heard of that book, I'll have to check it out. For the visual artist, there is "Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking" which I think is much along the same lines. How do we sabotage ourselves when it comes to creativity? <BR/><BR/>Oh, and it's not just you with blogging resistence of late. :) I think it has to do with the time of the year...Constance Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964121072645959593noreply@blogger.com