I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself. . . and let sound contribute toward me.
The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.
She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.
How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?
But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.
. . while I was happy enough to pray to any god, knowing that they were simply different faces created by men, of one indivisible truth.
. . . What does the blessing of heaven mean? We know the kirin is just an animal, not a mythical creature. " It has become a symbol now. . . . That is the way human beings deal with the world.
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
I feel like my perception has changed a little because when I was posting stuff online it was an extension of my studio and then it started getting some of the attention. Now it's like, "Oh, this is actually a place where you can make money," but I'm not interested in competing in that space. It seems like too much to deal with.
I love you girl. . . to the moon and back.
One of the things I learned on the street was to trust life and to keep hands off of it, and that feeling continues in the rest of the works that I do, the portrait, the landscapes, or any interest that I have. Things are good enough as they are, there's no reason to tamper with them.