(Non)stop motion.

Order must exist for there to ever be any consideration of flow.  It rests not in a state of stagnancy but of perpetual motion, mirroring the ever-stirring ideas within an individual. One must reconcile the desire for immediacy with the wait asked of them.  It would not make the least sense for life to be a stream of climaxes following one another, for then, after the initial few, all excitement and anticipation for the surge would fall away.  Subsequent moments of peakness would lose strength and meaning for the individual and life would become dull.

The strength of anticipation matches the magnitude of joy in the realization, so one is called to wait.  Time, however, should not see the artist in inactivity or immobility; they must be very much alive with continuous investment in the self and the work they ultimately generate.  The desire to create ought never to be suppressed in favor of the ease of surrender.  It takes courage to shake one’s head in answer to abandoning the craft and the life.

One must find a balance and solace in knowing such things.  There should be structure and form, but still always the freedom of thought in which the self moves without hindrance or doubt.  Self-assurance and organization of both space and time are the best tools to wield in the countless struggles of the artist.

Manage but do not micromanage time.  Do not compartmentalize ideas or space, or connections.  Find fitting systems.  Try your hands at many things; weigh most options.  Drink with eyes open.  Seek to never never never be a sponge.  Discover harmony.