October 28

There is one and only one cure for a creative injury, and that cure is to make something. If we do not make some small something, our injured yet active imagination will make an even bigger deal out of what happened to us. Sometimes, the only comfort we can find is naming ourselves. If no one else will pronounce us “artist,” then we must say our name to ourselves—and the only way to say it is through art. The bandage must fit the wound.