THE HIGHEST WISDOM IS CONTINUAL CHEERFULNESS: such a state, like the region above the moon, is always clear and serene. MICHEL MONTAIGNE
KEEP THE CIRCUS going inside you, keep it going, don’t take anything too seriously, it’ll all work out in the end.
I SEE my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in.
DAVID NIVEN 1909-1983 “Around the world in 80 Days”
I’M not interested in just mirroring life. I’m interested in taking people into an experience that can ultimately be enlightening or revealing. ROBERT YOUNG
IN SILENCE GOD ceases to be an object & becomes an experience.
THOMAS MERTON
EVERYTHING faded into mist. The past was erased, erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth. George ORWELL
ART HAS SOMETHING TO DO with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, in the eye of the storm . . . Art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.
SAUL BELLOW
TIME IS: TOO slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — Time is eternity. HARRY VAN DYKE
Too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — Time is eternity. HARRY VAN DYKE
IT’S way beyond ironic that a place called the holy land is the location of the fiercest, most deeply felt hatred in the world. GEORGE CARLIN
DEPRESSION occurs when you are not being yourself. you’re probably doing things you don’t want to do. EDA LE SHAN
PEOPLE CAN ONLY TRULY LIVE WHEN THEY DISCARD THEIR MINDS COMPLETELY. WOO MYUNG
EMBRACE THE ROLE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU IN LIFE, AS IT IS INTENDED FOR YOU AND YOU FOR IT. MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS
THE REAL SECRET to a fabulous life is to live imperfectly with great delight.
JOHN IRVING 1942–“THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP””THE FOURTH HAND”
I think there is often a ‘what if’ proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels.
WHATEVER I WRITE, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it’s still going to be a comic novel.
IT IS HARD WORK & GREAT ART TO MAKE LIFE NOT SO SERIOUS.
IF YOU are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
YOU CAN ONLY GROW by coming to the end of something & beginning something else.
IF YOU DON’T FEEL that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn’t very vital.
JULIA CAMERON 1948———-“The Artists Way”. “The Prosperous Heart”.
MYSTERY is at the heart of creativity. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness.
THE HEART OF CREATIVITY in an experience of the mystical union; the heart of the mystical union is an experience of creativity.
. . . success or failure, the truth of a life really has little to do with its quality. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.
AS WE LOSE our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we contact the creative self. Art lies in the moment of encounter: we meet our truth and we meet ourselves; we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression.
YOU do not need to work to become spiritual. You are spiritual; you need only to remember that fact. Spirit is within you. God is within you.
WHEN WE STOP PLAYING GOD, GOD CAN PLAY THROUGH US.
WE WILL EXPERIENCE THE LIFE WE HAVE THE FAITH TO EXPERIENCE.
CREATIVITY flourishes when we have a sense of safety & self-acceptance.