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“At any point along that path, your job as an artist is to push craft to its limits — without being trapped by it. The trap is perfection: unless your work continually generates new and unresolved issues, there’s no reason for your next work to be any different from the last.”
― Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
― Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
“We don’t become better because we acquire new information. We become better because we acquire better loves. We don’t become what we know. Education is a process of love formation. When you go to a school, it should offer you new things to love.”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
“You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“The truth is that wherever a man lies with a woman, there, whether they like it or not, a transcendental relation is set up between them which must be eternally enjoyed or eternally endured.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“In this method, you don’t ask, What do I want from life? You ask a different set of questions: What does life want from me? What are my circumstances calling me to do? In this scheme of things we don’t create our lives; we are summoned by life.”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
Jake’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jake’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
912 books
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107 friends
1,186 books
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232 friends
1,104 books
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449 friends
259 books
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119 friends
219 books
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316 friends
397 books
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45 friends
17,727 books
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131 friends
367 books
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124 friends
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