Lingual Thinking

The hardest thing to do, when you’re a creative person, is to work on something with no brief, no deadlines, and no constraints. Having a completely blank canvas is, more often than not, not the recipe for success. Because with infinite possibilities it is hard to commit to a path since a better one might be waiting in another unexplored direction.

A 1971 quote by American poet <n>Diane di Prima</n>.

The "How To: Let Go" graphic by <n>We're Not Really Strangers</n>.

A quote by <n>D.H. Lawrence</n> from <n>The Marginalian</n>.

If you want to progress faster, write concise explanations. Explain ideas in simple terms, strongly and clearly, so that they can be rebutted, remixed, reworked — or built upon.

A page from <n>Paul Kalanithi</n>'s book, <n>When Breath Becomes Air</n>.

The <n>8 Pillars of Mental Health</n>, a concept from research scientist <n>James DiNicolantonio</n>.

Infographic by <n>NICOLESNEUROSCIENCE</n> on how to self-regulate using neuropsychology.

A quote on hopefulness from <n>The Red Hand Files Issue #190</n> by <n>Nick Cave</n>.

A quote on authenticity by author <n>Karin Hadadan</n>, from her book <n>Beauty in the Stillness</n>.

A quote from <n>Albert Camus</n>'s <n>Notebooks 1951-1959</n>.

Slowly is the fastest way to get you where you want to be.

The poem <n>My Symphony</n> by <n>William Henry Channing</n>.

A quote from philosopher <n>Simone Weil</n>, presented by <n>The Marginalian</n>.

A quote by author <n>Ursula K. Le Guin</n> published by <n>The Marginalian</n>.

If you touch an idea too much without actually making it, just like a dough or plaster, it dies. I think it’s better to make and bake it and throw it away than to imagine how it would have worked or tasted. —Zeynab Izadyar

A scene from the 2015 film <n>The Little Prince</n>, based on the book by <n>Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</n>.