Positive Things for Sunday

1. Two thought-provoking posts about art on my Friends page:

"One must express oneself! Express oneself directly! Not one's taste, or one's upbringing, or one's intelligence, knowledge, or skill. Not all these acquired characteristics, but that which is inborn, instinctive..." (Schoenberg, via therestisnoise)

""There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost..." (Agnes de Mille, via ellen_kushner)

2. A lazy lie-in, with sun pouring through the window. (Er, which only starts in the early afternoon. But it's a long time since I've had a decent lie-in!)

3. Filing novel print-out, and notes, aided and abetted by the cats ...