ladyofshadow (ladyofshadow) wrote in inspire_me, @ 2008-01-13 12:35:00 |
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Weekly Walk
An excerpt from the book Walking in this World by Julia Cameron (a book I highly recommend to foster creativity & inspiration):
Nothing brings home the beauty and power of the world that we live in by walking. Moving into our bodies, we embody the truth that as artists we are out to make “a body of work,” which means we must encompass more than each day’s march. A Weekly Walk helps us to acquire such an overview. It allows us to find both perspective and comfort. As we stretch our legs, we stretch our minds and our souls. St. Augustine, himself a great walker, remarked, “Solvitur ambulando” – “it is solved by walking.” The “it” that we solve may be as particular as a bruising romance or as lofty as the conception of a new symphony. Ideas come to us as we walk. We also invite their quieter friend, insight. Walking often moves us past the “what” of our life into the more elusive “why.”
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Ideas come from everywhere. - Alfred Hitchcock