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    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
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    • 9. Abandonment
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Lichtenbergianism

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Lichtenbergianism
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
    • Self Assessment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
March 02, 2026

A RITUAL to get into the space

March 02, 2026/ Dale Lyles
A RITUAL to get into the space

In which I STEAL FROM THE BEST (Naomi at Todoist) to give you a tool to help you structure your RITUAL to get into the space where you work…

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March 02, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit
Ritual, Steal from the Best
February 26, 2026

Some advice from an elder

February 26, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Some advice from an elder

In which I advise a younger artist to focus on their primary audience…

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February 26, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit, Keep going, Personal
Audience
February 24, 2026

Rubber duckie...

February 24, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Rubber duckie...

In which I share with you one technique to get yourself unstuck in your GESTALT…

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February 24, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit, Lichtenbergianism
Gestalt, Waste Books
February 18, 2026

Make it easy

February 18, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Make it easy

In which I assure you there’s no problem with your not being a genius…

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February 18, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Costuming, Creative Spirit, Scenius
Audience
February 11, 2026

The life you save may be your own

February 11, 2026/ Dale Lyles
The life you save may be your own

In which I encourage all of you to find a support system like Backstreet Community Arts…

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Backstreet Writers, Creative Spirit
February 04, 2026

I'm a fraud... and so can you!

February 04, 2026/ Dale Lyles
I'm a fraud... and so can you!

In which I give you permission to become a fraud like me…

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Creative Spirit, Lichtenbergianism
Audience
January 21, 2026

Stealing from the Best: an object lesson

January 21, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Stealing from the Best: an object lesson

In which I show you how to STEAL FROM THE BEST to create your own work…

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Creative Spirit, Composing
Steal from the Best, King of Hearts Fallacy
January 20, 2026

So you didn't go to art school...

January 20, 2026/ Dale Lyles
So you didn't go to art school...

In which I gently rid you of the notion that you can’t Make the Thing That Is Not because you haven’t been to conservatory…

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Creative Spirit, Lichtenbergianism, Lessons from the Folk
Abortive Attempts
December 03, 2025

Give yourself a gift.

December 03, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Give yourself a gift.

In which I offer you a gift to give yourself…

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December 03, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit, Keep going, Music, Personal
November 12, 2025

What if you're actually not any good at this?

November 12, 2025/ Dale Lyles
What if you're actually not any good at this?

In which I give you a gentle scolding for believing that you’re not good enough to Make the Thing That Is Not…

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November 12, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit, Lichtenbergianism
  • Next
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
    • Self Assessment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/

Lichtenbergianism

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