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Austin Kleon on Writing, Creativity and The Importance of Idleness

Not Overthinking

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The Tension in Life

Tension is something i've started thinking about a lot more, this this tension thing. It's actually the tension in life that keeps you tight and keeps things like, you know, it'. Like finding that nice tension with the string where it can resonate and vibrate. That's what makes a guitar sound good, you know. So it's like having the right tension in your life that where things are tight and they're not springing and clanging, but they're also not snapping. Just that tension and that, it is just like the muddling through of it, right? Heee.

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