“When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you learn to respect them.” MomentsMaterialsTasteLetting GoSoilRaw Materials Author:Rene Redzepi
“Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties Immersion/Illumination-creative intervention/risk Revision-conscious structuring and editing of creative material.” ProcessCreativityCreativeRiskMaterialsLetting GoConsciousImpressionCertaintyPreparationCreative ProcessPhasesEditingGatheringInterventionIlluminationRevisionImmersionIncubation Author:Gail Sheehy
“The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of that beloved labor down to a few succinct paragraphs that shape the background to your narrative. I love research - that's all the fun, especially in the field. To write, however, is to suffer, and my pieces usually come in thousands of words over the assigned length. That's a serious flaw in my writing process - shaping and disciplining the footlockers of material one has so happily gathered.” WritingEnoughSufferingFunProcessChallengesPiecesFieldsSeriousMaterialsShapesLetting GoResearchLaborBackgroundsNarrativeBelovedLengthFlawsWriting ProcessParagraph Author:Bob Shacochis
“Buddhism teaches us that happiness does not come from any kind of acquisitiveness, be it material or psychological. Happiness comes from letting go. In Buddhism, the impenetrable, separate, and individuated self is more of the problem than the solution.” KindDoeSelfProblemHappinessTeachMaterialsBuddhismLetting GoSolutionsPsychological Author:Mark Epstein
“When we seek happiness through accumulation, either outside of ourselves-from other people, relationships, or material goods-or from our own self-development, we are missing the essential point. In either case we are trying to find completion. But according to Buddhism, such a strategy is doomed. Completion comes not from adding another piece to ourselves but from surrendering our ideas of perfection.” PeopleTryingIdeasSelfHappinessCasesPiecesMissingMaterialsBuddhismDevelopmentLetting GoEssentialsPerfectionStrategyGoodsDoomedSelf DevelopmentAccumulationCompletion Author:Mark Epstein
“Trying to achieve something in the spiritual world is just as foolish as trying to achieve something in the material world. There's nothing to achieve. There's only letting go. As we let go, more and more, of ego identifications, desires, and support systems, bliss will arise.” WorldTryingSpiritualDesireSupportAchieveMaterialsLetting GoEgoFoolishAriseBlissIdentificationMaterial WorldSupport Systems Author:Ayya Khema
“Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea - whether it’s about politics or sports - what do we do? We love it perhaps more than we should. We prize it more than it is worth. And most frequently, we have trouble letting go of it because we can’t stand the idea of its loss. What are we left with then? An ideology - rigid and unyielding.” ShouldIdeasLeftSportsLossViewsTroubleMaterialsLetting GoPoint Of ViewIdeologyPrizeOwnershipMaterial ThingsUnyielding Author:Dan Ariely
“If you are ever completely satisfied with something you have written, you are setting your sights too low. But if you can't let go of your material even after you have done the best that you can with it, you are setting your sights too high.” IfsWritingDoneWrittenMaterialsLetting GoLowsSightSatisfiedSettingSettingsCan't Let Go Book:Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life Source: Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life