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We need courage to take ourselves seriously, to look closely and without flinching, to regard the things that frighten us in life and art with wonder.

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As someone who struggles with anxiety and cowardice, as we all do, I’m profoundly inspired by. . . . full-on commitment to wonder, to wonder as a resp...more

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Fear is always triggered by creativity, because creativity asks you to enter into realms of uncertain outcome. This is nothing to be ashamed of. It is...more

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Fear is a desolate boneyard where our dreams go to desiccate in the hot sun.

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If you don't learn to travel comfortably alongside your fear, then you'll never be able to go anywhere interesting or do anything interesting.

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When she was pregnant with her second child, a midwife asked if Catherine had any unspoken fears about anything that could go wrong with the baby - su...more