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Starting is the Hardest Part

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” ― Mark Twain

Posted byIzzat Zailan15 Mar 202514 Mar 2025Posted inArt, LifeTags:Art, LifeLeave a comment on Starting is the Hardest Part

Why Life Surpasses Art: Thoughts on “A Complete Unknown”

“Two hundred people in that room and each one wants me to be somebody else.”

Posted byIzzat Zailan8 Mar 20257 Mar 2025Posted inArt, LifeTags:Art, LifeLeave a comment on Why Life Surpasses Art: Thoughts on “A Complete Unknown”

Between Rage and Love: Thoughts on Seeing Green Day Live

“There’s nothing wrong with me. This is how I’m supposed to be, in a land of make-believe, that don’t believe in me.”

Posted byIzzat Zailan1 Mar 20251 Mar 2025Posted inArt, LifeTags:Art, LifeLeave a comment on Between Rage and Love: Thoughts on Seeing Green Day Live

Reading List

March 2025

Posted byIzzat Zailan1 Mar 202528 Feb 2025Posted inArt, Books, LifeTags:Art, Books, LifeLeave a comment on Reading List

Escaping the Trap of People-Pleasing

“The world can only see us as we see ourselves.” ― David R. Hawkins

Posted byIzzat Zailan22 Feb 202522 Feb 2025Posted inArt, LifeTags:Art, LifeLeave a comment on Escaping the Trap of People-Pleasing

Ego Death and Creativity

“Music is made out of necessity. You’re not even its maker, you’re just there to bring it forth.” — Prince

Posted byIzzat Zailan15 Feb 202514 Feb 2025Posted inArt, LifeTags:Art, LifeLeave a comment on Ego Death and Creativity

It’s Okay to Change

“The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time.” — John Frusciante

Posted byIzzat Zailan8 Feb 20258 Feb 2025Posted inArt, LifeTags:Art, LifeLeave a comment on It’s Okay to Change

Creative Sprints

“I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well.” — Ernest Hemingway

Posted byIzzat Zailan1 Feb 202531 Jan 2025Posted inArt, LifeTags:Art, LifeLeave a comment on Creative Sprints

Reading List

February 2025

Posted byIzzat Zailan1 Feb 202531 Jan 2025Posted inArt, Books, Life, LiteratureTags:Art, Books, Life, Literature, ReadingLeave a comment on Reading List

Great Art Takes Time

“Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.” — Søren Kierkegaard

Posted byIzzat Zailan25 Jan 202524 Jan 2025Posted inArt, LifeTags:Art, LifeLeave a comment on Great Art Takes Time

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