When It Comes To Art, Rest Is Rebellion

If there were no pauses between the notes of music, it'd all just be noise

We often beat ourselves up for “wasting time” when we’re not working on our artistic projects every second. We berate ourselves when we leave the work and it seems to be languishing, but there is no such thing as time-wasting when it comes to creating.

I started my day today with a conversation with an award-winning novelist. We were invited to read and …