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I cannot fathom how this metaphysics would help me at all. And I’m both religious and a film major/screenwriter.

• dorkwood 6y ago
  Maybe the flowery words obscured the message for you. If it helps, I first came across the quote in a blog post by Austin Kleon[0], an author, talking about people who say they have a book in them. "I never feel like I have a book in me. I always feel like there’s a book around me. It’s like I’m a planet and there’s all this space junk orbiting me, and all the junk starts smashing together and forming book chapters. My job is to grab that stuff around me and shape it into something." [0]: https://austinkleon.com/2019/06/06/its-not-inside-you-trying-to-get-out-its-outside-you-trying-to-get-in/ https://austinkleon.com/2019/06/06/its-not-inside-you-trying...
  • bananamerica 6y ago
    That does make sense thank you.
• dang 6y ago
  It might be more helpful to call it a metaphor. Metaphors can be powerful for reframing one's thinking, dropping limiting assumptions, even reorienting how the body relates to a habitual activity.
  • bananamerica 6y ago
    Thank you for conveying the power of metaphors. You did that very well. I’m familiar with this line of reasoning. I also happen to be autistic so, while I have no trouble with the semantics, these kinds of metaphors usually have little effect on me.
• m463 6y ago
  I think productivity rewards focus - deeper focus on discerning the fine details of a problem and actively diving and driving. Creativity rewards sort of the opposite. It's like letting your gaze wander and see what's around you. Capturing the ideas that fly by like butterflies in a net, and being their steward. Try doing a side-project based on a whim and then expand it as butterflies collect.