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Sunbeams
From the March issue of THE SUN magazine. On the backpage, under SUNBEAMS, just some selections:
"Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called "mad" and are shut up in rooms where they stare at walls all day. Others are called "writers" and they do pretty much the same thing." Meg Chittenden
"One has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It's that imbalance which impels us." Beverly Pepper.
"Did the hospital specialize in poets and singers, or was it that poets and singers specialized in madness? ... What is it about meter and cadence and rhythm that makes their makers mad?" Susanna Keyson
"Despair is the only cure for illusion. Without despair we cannot transfer our allegiance to reality--it is a kind of mourning period for our fantasies. Some people do not survive this despair, but no major change within a person can occur without it." Phillip Slater
"The man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." Michel De Montaigne
"The most beautiful paintings and sculptures, the greatest poetry, have not always been born from torment or bitterness. Often they have sprung from contemplation, from joy, from an instinct or wonder toward all things. To create from joy, to create from wonder, demands a continual discipline, a great compassion.... With time and sincerity, you will discover a way to work and write that does not harm you spiritually, that does not tempt you to vanity, that is the deepest expression of your spirituality. You will find a voice that is not your voice only, but the voice of Reality itself...If you can be empty enough, that voice can speak through you. If you can be humble enough, that voice can inhabit you and use you." Thuksey Rinpoche
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." Charles Bukowski
~Anna
"Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called "mad" and are shut up in rooms where they stare at walls all day. Others are called "writers" and they do pretty much the same thing." Meg Chittenden
"One has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It's that imbalance which impels us." Beverly Pepper.
"Did the hospital specialize in poets and singers, or was it that poets and singers specialized in madness? ... What is it about meter and cadence and rhythm that makes their makers mad?" Susanna Keyson
"Despair is the only cure for illusion. Without despair we cannot transfer our allegiance to reality--it is a kind of mourning period for our fantasies. Some people do not survive this despair, but no major change within a person can occur without it." Phillip Slater
"The man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." Michel De Montaigne
"The most beautiful paintings and sculptures, the greatest poetry, have not always been born from torment or bitterness. Often they have sprung from contemplation, from joy, from an instinct or wonder toward all things. To create from joy, to create from wonder, demands a continual discipline, a great compassion.... With time and sincerity, you will discover a way to work and write that does not harm you spiritually, that does not tempt you to vanity, that is the deepest expression of your spirituality. You will find a voice that is not your voice only, but the voice of Reality itself...If you can be empty enough, that voice can speak through you. If you can be humble enough, that voice can inhabit you and use you." Thuksey Rinpoche
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." Charles Bukowski
~Anna