Creativity	Getting Over Writer’s Block	William Wieland
22 inspiring composer quotes Creative Routines (The People) — Make Your Own 24 hour pie chart. A Walk in the Park (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. from Between You and Me (1948) by Louis Nizer Why compose? Music composition is critical thinking of the highest order—creating and evaluating. (See the revised Bloom's Taxonomy.) “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” Henry Van Dyke It is very gratifying to make something. For whom do you compose? Who is your audience? Yourself Posterity Your acquaintances The muse that sings : composers speak about the creative process by Ann McCutchan is a book available online through the NSU library website. (Search for it like a normal book.) She asks a number of living composers the following two questions, among others: "Why do you compose?" "How do you conceive and execute a work?"