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Corey Madden Work in Progress
Corey Madden is arts leader and writer. She runs the Monterey Museum of Art, and is the author of Numbered Days.
Launched a year ago
Living is a creative act and we are all works in progress. Sharing my writing process and lessons learned from my life in the arts.
Corey Madden Work in Progress
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The Gift of a Broken Dish
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Loved this!
The planning part of your mind, the one that generates ambitions and hypothetical situations, is a small part of your overall intelligence. Anyone who is halfway good at sex, comedy, or any creative art will know this. Designing your life based on what that part of your mind wants is like designing your house to fit the needs of your right hand. Congratulations, your house is filled with fidget spinners and soap.
Sasha Chapin
This moment’s roses
It’s been a while since I posted an essay. Here’s a little glimpse of what I’ve been up to!
Seeking Transformation
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Thank you Junot Diaz!
A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, or because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden. In my view a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway
Junot Díaz
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Garrowby Hill, David Hockney
Saturday night in Monterey.
If you ever wondered why we all can’t get along…just observe our cousins, the California sea lions. Note: it’s the adolescent males making all that noise.
What wonderful, colorful vistas he created.