— Mark Z. Danielewski (via amandaonwriting)
— RIP, E.L. Konigsburg, author of some of my favorite young adult fiction. (via emilywalks)
(via teachingliteracy)
— Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)
(Source: booklover, via teachingliteracy)
Extremely Realistic Pencil Art
The following look like photos but they aren’t. All three of these pictures were drawn with a pencil. The attention to detail, hair, shading, features, everything perfectly proportioned. I think even Ray Bradbury would think he was looking at a picture of himself. The artist, Franco Clun from Italy, says “Unfortunately I did not study art, and everything I know I learned from experience and from reading some drawing manuals.”
— Anne Rice (via amandaonwriting)
Blessed Unrest
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening
that is translated through you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time,
this expression is unique.
If you block it,
it will never exist through any other medium
and be lost.
The world will not have it.
It is not yours to determine how good it is;
nor how it compares with other expressions.
It is your business to keep the channel open.
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work.
You have to keep open and aware directly
to the urges that motivate you.
Keep the channel open.
No artist is ever pleased.
There is no satisfaction whatever at any time.
There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction;
a blessed unrest that keeps us marching
and makes us more alive than the others.
— Martha Graham to Agnes De Mille (via onepowlow)
(via sarabareilles)
