“You needn’t sever an ear, retreat to a secluded cabin or stagger through French cafes to realize your creative potential. You must, however, work very hard, expect failure, employ a powerful filter and occasionally abandon your work entirely.”
Dave’s issue of the Read & Trust newsletter (no. 5) is simply fantastically written — I found myself nodding along through the entire thing. Great work, you now *need* to subscribe to just check out this one from [Dave](http://52tiger.net/).