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January 02, 2015

Ta done! The Ten-minute Artist

January 02, 2015/ Ant Gray
Ta done! The Ten-minute Artist

Why I decided to give into my neuroses and give up writing to-do lists.

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January 02, 2015/ Ant Gray/
Art and creativity, Perfectionism, Writers and writing
Perfectionism, To do lists
November 23, 2014

If Lego has taught me anything…

November 23, 2014/ Ant Gray
If Lego has taught me anything…

For some of us Lego is more than a set of blocks—it’s a creative block-busting manifesto.

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November 23, 2014/ Ant Gray/
Art and creativity, Perfectionism, Writers and writing
Anne Lamott, Inception, internal critic, Lego, Roland Barthes
June 04, 2014

Tales of an Imperfectionist

June 04, 2014/ Ant Gray
Tales of an Imperfectionist

Though people may pride themselves on being a perfectionist in job interviews and at work, the reality of being a perfectionist blows.

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June 04, 2014/ Ant Gray/
Perfectionism, Writers and writing
Academic writing, Perfectionism, Thesis writing, Writing
May 26, 2014

Gentleman, seeks publisher and possible rejection

May 26, 2014/ Ant Gray
Gentleman, seeks publisher and possible rejection

Does the idea of getting your work published make you want to breathe deeply into a brown paper bag? Me too. Maybe there’s a way of re-framing the problem.

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May 26, 2014/ Ant Gray/
Writers and writing
Andy Warhol, George Bernard Shaw, Perfectionism, poetry, publication, Publishing, Thesis writing, Vera Brittain, Writing
February 13, 2014

Everything right; everything wrong

February 13, 2014/ Ant Gray

It seems like every minute of every hour of every day we are keeping this running inventory—this is good, that’s bad, she’s nice, this is crap. This Rabbit Hole gives pause to that process.

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February 13, 2014/ Ant Gray/ /Source
Art and creativity, Writers and writing
Alzheimer's, Cigarettes, Graffitti, Smoking, Tagging, Writing, Writing exercises
December 20, 2013

Writing involves giving up

December 20, 2013/ Ant Gray
Writing involves giving up

This is where I started. My very first Rabbit Hole.

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December 20, 2013/ Ant Gray/
Perfectionism, Writers and writing
J-M- Coetzee, Perfectionism, Thesis writing, Tim Winton, William Kentridge, Writing
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