Lights in the Snow 

1. Dezember 2006. Flickr. Noch keine Kommentare

On Flickr by mezzoblue.

Ein wunderschönes Foto zur Einstimmung auf den nahenden Winter (fandet ihr es auch so kalt heute früh?) von Dave Shea. Außer dem, das Dave so schöne Bilder von Vancouver macht (hmmm, schöne Erinnerungen an den Sommer kommen da zurück!), ist er auch ein talentierter Webdesigner und Buchautor. Das Buch “The Zen of CSS Design” basiert auf den Einsendungen zum CSS Zen Garden und ist unbedingt meine Empfehlung wert!

A Beautiful Quote 

20. Oktober 2006. Leben und Leute. Noch keine Kommentare

I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do — then go ahead and to it with ease. Don’t maul, don’t suffer, don’t groan till the first draft is finished. A play is a phoenix: it dies a thousand deaths. Usually at night. In the morning it springs up again from its ashes and crows like a happy rooster. It is never as bad as your think, it is never as good. It is somewhere in between, and success or failure depends on which end of your emotional gamut concerning its value it approaches more closely. But it is much more likely to be good if you think it is wonderful while you are writing the first draft. An artist must believe in himself. Your belief is contagious. Others may say he is vain, but they are affected.
5 October 1941, Tennessee Williams. (via Andy Wingo, Gnome Blogger)

This reminded me of countless late nights at work, where I was sitting over some tricky problem—where the solution just did not fall into place. And indeed, in the morning (or sometimes even at night when brushing my teeth) the solution would just fall into my lap, and everything is joyful! Now reading that quote just totally struck a cord within me.