Living your art

“At the core of all artistic efforts is the concern to express and experience what it means to be human.”   ~ Art, Creativity and the Sacred, ed. Diana Apostolos-Cappadona, 24.

Being Straightforward

“I know with me and like any team I’ve been on if the coach is totally straight with me it makes me want to actually try.  Because then there’s this bond that like u both want to succeed clearly.”  -David Feder (My 15 year old brother) ❤

Ouroboros

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. -Carl Sagan

Listening

“To see a world in a grain of sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.” -William Blake

Creation is Redemption

‎”If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill, take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edge of edges, then you force it into the realm of magic… I’m talking about taking one thing, however… Continue reading Creation is Redemption

Finding Pleasure in Effort

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of that search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity. -The Alchemist