“Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity be...” — John Updike Quote

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter's hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation.

We're past the age of heroes and hero kings... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.

Exchanging bitcoin on behalf of ransomware victims should not be construed as criminal activity by the exchanger, not as a matter of law nor as sound policy. Such an interpretation would set a precedent that would surely cause real harm to the public, to the blockchain ecosystem, and to the financial services industry as a whole.

Premonitions, presentiments, the sensing of unseen presences and many allied experiences are due to the activity of the astral body and its reaction on the physical; their ever-increasing frequency is merely the result of its evolution among educated people.

The activity of being a husband, a father - those are roles, too, but underneath them is the spiritual center that connects us all, and that's what's most important.

Declines in specific industries can never ignite a general depression. Shifts in data will cause increases in activity in one field, declines in another.