BRAIN PICKINGS

I don't often plug another's site here. Not because there aren't good sites out there, but probably because I'm not very good at finding the good sites or any other sites besides the ones I know. However, I did stumble upon Brain Pickings several months back. It's a great site for bits of reading, thoughtful stuff to get the grey matter working.

Here's something I found there today in an article on Milton Glaser:

'If you perceive the universe as being a universe of abundance, then it will be. If you think of the universe as one of scarcity, then it will be. And I never thought of the universe as one of scarcity. I always thought that there was enough of everything to go around — that there are enough ideas in the universe and enough nourishment.'

I do like this. It says we do not need to be so precious about our ideas and we don't need to feel that they are so scarce and need to be protected. There is a real generosity of spirit in Glaser's thinking that chimes with me. 

He says, also in the BRAIN PICKINGS article, that he never had money as the goal of his work and I really can relate to that. It's what I believe. I'd write for nothing and often do. I give things away for free - advice, assistance, even whole stories. Of course, I have the luxury of having a full time teaching job that pays enough and so my writing doesn't have to feed me... but, if I am being honest, that's how I think it should be. It's that way for many artists, that they work at paying jobs in order to live and in order to fund their art and their doing of art. Doesn't seem to me to be much wrong with that and so it is for writers and that's fine, too.

Yes, so nip across to Brain Pickings every once in a while for stimulating reading. And if you like the stuff there and you visit regularly, consider donating a small bit to them, for no other reason than to pay them back for the gift they give you.