Transform into a More Productive Artist
As a writer, I’m fascinated by how artists get things done. Here’s what I
discovered:
Most creative masters are nothing like Ernest Hemingway or John Berryman.
They aren’t alcoholics; they are disciplined, sober and health-conscious. Also,
Hemingway and Berryman both tried to sober up towards the end.
Take Haruki Murakami (b. 1949). He is one of Japan’s greatest novelists and
the author of books like Kafka on the Shore and What I Talk About When I Talk
About Running. He’s also a serious athlete who runs at least one marathon a year.
When Murakami is writing a novel, he says he runs or swims for at least an hour
a day.
Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: That’s
the essence of running, and a metaphor for life – and for me, for
writing as well. I believe many runners would agree.”
When I’m in pain, I think of that sentence. I force myself to run a little
farther, a little harder. Later, I try to write a while longer and go that bit deeper.
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