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Camellia, in a recent posting - you are right : you do not need validation.

Do your own thing in your creative flow :

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's

flow is “a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience is so enjoyable that people will continue to do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it” (1990).

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/6-mindset-shifts-to-overcome-the-need-for-external-validation/

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亲爱的华丽作家 and seeker of new city adventures

I like this: We need raw awe

https://aeon.co/essays/tech-vexed-how-digital-life-threatens-our-capacity-for-awe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=88a238e8dd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_11_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e088b817f1-69493193

I am also reading Rachel Kushner's new amazing book: Creation Lake.

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I was watching War Of The Worlds (2019 British TV Series), my brother suggested it.

when I saw in the distance a glimmer of light.

山那边我看到了熟悉的光。是你!

This post is deeply resonant with some very interesting ideas.

漂亮的工作

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亲爱的作家,有创意的生活是最好的

a vida criativa é a melhor !

This is the life: dolce vita.

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/i-had-enough-whats-happened-since-i-quit-my-job/

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