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J is for Just - Excerpt from The Artist's Suitcase · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit Daily RiderLife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: All this week I've been sharing excerpts from a book I published a few years ago.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's called The Artist Suitcase 26 Essentials for the Creative Journey.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a short, fun read for artists of all kinds, especially for writers.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can grab the book by going to KentSanders.net slash suitcase.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here is today's excerpt from the chapter Jay is for just.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hope you enjoy it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every artist wonders if his or her work really matters in the vast scheme of things.
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  SPEAKER_00: With a few billion people in the world, can one person's creative contribution make any difference?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know it's a cliche, but art can change the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course, not all art changes the world, and a lot of art changes it for the worse.
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  SPEAKER_00: But art has the potential to make a difference far beyond what you can imagine.
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  SPEAKER_00: You should never say it's just art.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you just an architect?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ask Isidore and Anthemius when they laid down the blueprint of the great Hagia Sophia and said, We think we can do this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you just a painter?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ask Michelangelo after he put the finishing touches on the Sistine Chapel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you just a writer?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ask J.R.R.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tolkien after he wrote a little book that began In a Hole in the Ground, There Lived a Hobbit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you just a musician?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ask the Beatles after they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you just an actor?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ask Meryl Streep after receiving 19 Academy Award nominations in three wins.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you just a dancer?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ask Michael Jackson after he performed the Moonwalk on Motown's 25th anniversary special in 1983.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you just a filmmaker?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ask George Lucas about May 1977 when he flew to Hawaii during the premiere of his new space movie because he was sure it was going to be a flop.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was a little film he called Star Wars.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's never just art.
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  SPEAKER_00: In God's economy, there are no just.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gave you a specific set of creative gifts to use at this time and place in history.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're one of a kind.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you don't do what you do, it won't get done.
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  SPEAKER_00: So don't think of yourself as just an artist.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're so much more.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're a dreamer, a doer, a thinker, a creator, a visionary, a leader, a risk taker, an unlocker of potential, and a thousand other things.
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  SPEAKER_00: The one thing you will never be is a just, and you will never make just art.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you ever hear someone say it's just art, they are correct in one sense.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just has the power to change a life.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just has the power to inspire a child who will one day do something extraordinary.
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  SPEAKER_00: It can just make grown men cry, give hope to the hopeless, and change a person's entire perspective.
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  SPEAKER_00: Scott Fitzgerald wrote, Having once found the intensity of art, nothing else that can happen in life can ever again seem as important as the creative process.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every movie, every song, every poem, every innovation, every feat of engineering, every courageous voyage, and every leap forward for humanity was the result of the creative process.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's just art, and it just has the power to change the course of history.
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  SPEAKER_00: Questions for reflection.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one, have you ever thought of yourself as just an artist?
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  SPEAKER_00: Number two, have you ever heard someone diminish the importance of the creative arts?
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  SPEAKER_00: How did that make you feel?
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  SPEAKER_00: How did you respond?
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  SPEAKER_00: Number three, do you believe you have the power to change people's lives with your art?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why or why not?
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  SPEAKER_00: Number four, how do you keep a balance between having big dreams and being realistic?
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, I hope you enjoyed that excerpt from my book, The Artist Suitcase, 26 Essentials for the Creative Journey.
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  SPEAKER_00: Once again, you can grab it by going to Kent Sanders.net slash suitcase.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, speaking of journeys, one of the steps in your journey as an author should be creating a course out of your book.
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  SPEAKER_00: And one of the things, you know, once you're in this world of authors and books for a little while, like I've been, um you start to realize that, you know, it's it's cool to create a book and it takes a lot of effort to create a good book.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the thing that I really respect is not just somebody who crafts a really great book.
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  SPEAKER_00: I also respect people who craft a good book, but behind the book is also a really, really great person.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was wired as a teacher.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I relate to that because I'm kind of the same way.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, my friend, as always, thanks for listening, and I'll see you on the flip side.