Always look on the bright side.

Step 1: Identify something positive about the situation - no matter how small. (eg. My cat just got run over by a car = Save money on pet food.)
Step 2: Pretend that it in any way makes it better.
Step 3: Start believing it actually makes a difference, without actually noticing you actually believe it.
Step 4: Realise ( Read more... )

"This is madness.

Right out of the starting gate, for one thing, to even attempt to create something artistically worthwhile, to even entertain the notion, for a moment, at this stage in the game when everything has been said and done so many times over by people more talented and brilliant than you can hope to be.

But more than that, to try to ( Read more... )