“
artists are people
driven by the tension between
the desire to communicate & the desire to hide. ”
— D. W. Winnicott
“The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:
A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
To him... a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death.”
Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating.”
— Pearl S. Buck
"Without the creating of art, beauty, poetry, or books, her very breathe is cut off from her. She must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency, she is not truly alive unless she is creating."
““Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
— Pema Chödrön
Edgar Allan Poe
"Beauty of whatever kind, in its' supreme development invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears"
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
”
THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
You've always had the Power, my dear. You just had to learn it
for yourself.
- Glinda, "Wizard of Oz"