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Mastery

On listening to teenagers

2015-09-29
By: Jennifer Lawler
On: September 29, 2015
In: Making a Creative Life, Mastery

This weekend I had the chance to hear a sixteen-year-old harpist play a Mozart concerto on two harps—playing one with his left hand and the other with his right, the type of tour de force you know he learned how to do not because someday a handful of people sitting onContinue Reading

On using a knife and fork

2015-05-14
By: Jennifer Lawler
On: May 14, 2015
In: Making a Creative Life, Mastery, Stories about Jessica

Jessica’s last day of school is really just a last morning of school, so when I pick her up, the whole day stretches ahead of us. “How about lunch in Lawrence?” I say. “Yes.” She is without hesitation. Jessica is a girl who likes lunch. “Where?” “Let’s go to Encore,”Continue Reading

On why I have a grimoire

2014-06-19
By: Jennifer Lawler
On: June 19, 2014
In: Grimoire, Making a Creative Life, Mastery, The Writing Craft, Uncategorized

This is my grimoire:   A grimoire is a book of spells, but when I call it a spell book, half the people think I’m talking about a dictionary. A book of spells is like a cookbook, a collection of recipes, but “cookbook” just doesn’t do it for me, andContinue Reading

What I learned this week

2014-03-21
By: Jennifer Lawler
On: March 21, 2014
In: Making a Creative Life, Mastery, Mindfulness

Sometimes, surprise yourself.Continue Reading

On shifting your perspective

2014-03-18
By: Jennifer Lawler
On: March 18, 2014
In: Making a Creative Life, Mastery, Mindfulness

For a couple of years, I have been really frustrated with the fact that I wake up several times every night. Usually I go back to sleep pretty quickly, but other times I don’t. So this was a source of some annoyance, a thing I thought I needed to fix.Continue Reading

On your one big thing

2014-03-14
By: Jennifer Lawler
On: March 14, 2014
In: Making a Creative Life, Mastery, The Writing Craft

I originally wrote this post over on Be Your Own Book Doctor, but I wanted to post it here because it has so much to do with what I’ve been posting about a lot here, on doing the work. The key is doing the right work: As I know I’veContinue Reading

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