What did Stephen Nachmanovitch mean by: We can depend on the world being a perpetual surprise in perpetual motion. Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician Copy
Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Art, Craft, 0 Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician
Commitment to a set of rules frees your play to attain a profundity and vigor otherwise impossible. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Freedom, Profundity, Rules, 0 Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician
We provide both irritation and inspiration for each other- the grist for each other’s pearl making. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Growth, Inspiration, Irritation, 0 Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician
Faithfulness to the moment and to the present circumstance entails continuous surrender. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Faithfulness, Surrender, 0 Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician
Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Discovery, Intuition, Response, 0 Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician
Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Creativity, Freedom, Play, 0 Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician
If we split practice from the real thing, neither one of them will be very real. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Authenticity, Practice, Real, 0 Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician
With too little judgement, we get trash. With too much judgement, we get blockage. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Balance, Creativity, Criticism, 0 Stephen Nachmanovitch Musician
Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion. George Inness
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means. William Faulkner Writer · USA
