keep rolling north

Steven Pressfield is the author of “The War of Art,” which is brilliant in its description of creative resistance. If you’ve ever gotten up, tried to do your work, and failed to get as far as starting – and who hasn’t? – it’s well worth a read. Among the great ideas in that book: you’re not alone in facing resistance — except that you are, of course, and the resistance will never, ever stop, so get used to it.

He recently wrote this article, “Covering the Canvas,” in which he talks about the importance of writing a first draft.

The part that I liked most about that article is when he talks about the Marines invading Iraq, and what, as artists, we can learn from that.

“Speed is everything, keep advancing no matter what; if we hit resistance, bypass it; keep rolling north, stop for nothing.”