How to actually *do* the thing

Oh, hi friends!

Let’s say there’s a deadline three weeks from today. 

It’s for a grant, or a fellowship, or a workshop, or a class, or graduate school, or a job, or a writing assignment, or — whatever. Anything.

And you tell yourself, I should apply to that.

Is this your next thought? 

But I’ll never get it.

Or this one?

I’m not what they’re looking for.

Or this one?

I don’t have time.

Or these?

I’m not ready.
I’m too young.
I’m too old. 

I understand. But I also wonder how many of those thoughts are actually code for this one:

I’m scared.

It’s not a great feeling to admit. Yet if you think about it, can’t you work with scared?

Can’t you feel the fear — and do it anyway?

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How very Wes Anderson.

“There is no secret,” Lillian said, other than the luck of good genes. “I was always able to get up and get moving.” 

Love love love this story about Lillian Solomon who “tools around Los Angeles in a sexy silver-blue convertible, has a live-in boyfriend, plays blackjack at the Hollywood Park Casino, goes to the gym on Mondays and anchors her bowling team on Wednesdays” — and just turned 100 years old.

Get up! And get moving! (h/t Gina Cutruzzula)

This is absolutely fascinating!! Angelo Badalamenti explains how he created Laura Palmer’s theme for Twin Peaks. 

David Lynch sat next to him and started talking through a mood and set the scene, and then the composer started to play notes…and they’d discuss, Can you play it slower? Can you keep that going? And then David would say, Now we have to make a change, a lonely girl is behind the trees…she’s very sad…can you get something that matches her? And on and on until it was finished in one go. (h/t Angelica Frey)

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Thanks, as always, for reading.

Love, Kara