[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fJTGMxBYzii9CHqhPutTWmEyr35yOGYeNhYu0CzJrtNo":3,"$fFnd8yMzxA9EJeNBjMCDJZLLUcfBu3OuoS42qfn4xGQI":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},11315,"Tracy Chevalier","T",115,null,"tracy-chevalier",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":78},[14,22,28,34,40,47,53,59,65,72],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3488158,"Pieter would be pleased with the rest of the coins, the debt now settled. I would not have cost him anything. A maid came free.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},3488155,"People had gone west leaving behind all sorts of trouble; what they found in California was the space and freedom to create new trouble.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":9},3488154,"Yes, Mary Anning, you are different from all the rocks on the beach.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},3488150,"Stay here and do the packing and let the young one run all over California for you! Don’t you always say the success of collecting is in the packing? You’re the boss – take the most important role and stop moaning!",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":41,"quote_text":42,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":43,"source":44,"quote_tag":45,"commentary":46},3488147,"Our lives are becoming more convenient but less tangible, and bookshops are the victims of that choice.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"### The Backstory\nTracy Chevalier, an English author known for her historical fiction novels, likely penned these words in a reflective moment about the changing times we live in. As someone who explores the intersection of art and history, she might have been observing the decline of physical bookstores and the increasing reliance on digital media. This sentiment echoes her broader concerns about the erosion of tangible experiences and human connections.\n\n### The Hidden Insight\nThe quote reveals a paradox at its core: convenience and tangibility are inversely related in modern life. Chevalier is suggesting that while technology has made our lives easier, it's done so at the cost of meaningful, sensory experiences – like browsing through bookshelves or engaging with physical objects.\n\n### How to Use This\nIn applying this insight to your own life, consider how you can prioritize \"tangibility\" in your daily routine. Make a conscious effort to engage with physical books, visit local art galleries, or take time to appreciate the textures and smells of nature – these small actions can counterbalance the convenience-driven pace of modern life.",{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},3488144,"Don’t write about what you know – write about what you’re interested in. Don’t write about yourself – you aren’t as interesting as you think.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":54,"quote_text":55,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":56,"source":57,"quote_tag":58,"commentary":9},3488142,"Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn’t actually done much about it until I came to London.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":9},3488138,"I liked sleeping in the attic. There was no Crucifixion scene hanging at the foot of the bed to trouble me. There were no paintings at all, but the clean scent of linseed oil and the musk of the earth pigments. I liked my view of the New Church, and the quiet. No one came up except him. The girls did not visit me as they sometimes had in the cellar, or secretly search through my things. i felt alone there, perched high above the noisy household, able to see it from a distance.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":66,"quote_text":67,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":68,"source":69,"quote_tag":70,"commentary":71},3488137,"I feel like a bird who has been wounded with an arrow and now cannot fly.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nTracy Chevalier, the author of the quote, was likely drawing from her own experiences as a writer and her understanding of the creative process. This quote appears in her novel \"Girl with a Pearl Earring,\" which explores themes of art, identity, and the human condition. Chevalier's own writing process often involved intense focus and emotional investment, which may have led her to express this sentiment.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a paradoxical tension between the desire for freedom and the pain that can come with it. The wounded bird, unable to fly, is a potent metaphor for the creative person who is both drawn to their art and hindered by the emotional vulnerabilities that come with it.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset, consider embracing your emotional vulnerabilities as a necessary step towards creative growth. Rather than trying to \"fly\" without acknowledging the pain, take time to reflect on the wounds that have made you who you are today, and use them as fuel for your art.",{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":9},3488134,"Yes, my boy; yes, my girl. The tension between contraries is what makes us ourselves. We have not just one, but the other too, mixing and clashing and sparking inside us. Not just light, but dark. Not just peace, but at war. Not just innocent, but experienced.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":79,"totalPages":80,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":81},1,12,10]