Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes About Surrender
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Creativity can replace conformity as the primary mode of social being. . . . We can cling to that which is passing, or has already passed, or we can remain accessible to-even surrender to-the creative process, without insisting that we know in advance the ultimate outcome for us, our institutions, or our planet. To accept this challenge is to cherish freedom, to embrace life, and to find meaning.
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Faithfulness to the moment and to the present circumstance entails continuous surrender.
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Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh.
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As an improvising musician, I am not in the music business, I am not in the creativity business; I am in the surrender business.
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