Telios Writing Motivation This Week: This is why we believe writers (and other creatives!) should be anchored in their identity inChrist. So our gift can birth life in others not death.

Telios Writing Motivation: Speak Life With Your Creativity

When things get too overwhelming, and that mountain you have to climb seems too high, too impossible, it may help to think of your challenges in little pieces, little instalments. In the second part of the Procrastination Chronicles, PhD student Lúcia explores the idea of dealing with burnout and procrastination by « chipping away at it ».

The Procrastination Chronicles: Chipping Away at It

“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.” — Jean Sibelius, composer, Finnish, violinist  

“If you…put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not…”

Telios Writing Motivation This Week: God multiplies what’s already in use. If you want more creativity, be ready to give more creativity.

Telios Writing Motivation: Make The Most Of Your Creativity

“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay, American, poet, playwright, Pulitzer Prize

“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have…”

“Negativity is the enemy of creativity.” David Lynch, director, cinema, film, screenwriter  

“Negativity is the enemy of creativity.”

“It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setbacks.” – Bob Richards –

Today’s Quote

“The fact is, I don’t know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn’t collapse when you beat your head against it.”

Douglas Adams

“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.”

Vincent van Gogh.

As a suffering creature, I cannot do without something greater than I – something that is my life – the power to create Vincent Van Gogh.