Pious S
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Pious S
“It is not half so important to ‘know’ as to ‘feel’. If facts are the seeds of the senses that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions are the fertile soil in which seeds must grow”
—Rachel Carson. (The Sense of Wonder)
—Rachel Carson. (The Sense of Wonder)
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Zen pretty much comes down to three things—everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.
Jane Hirshfield
Jane Hirshfield
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... See morevia THE CREATIVE HABIT by TWYLA THARP:
Sadly, some people never get beyond the box stage in their creative life. We all know people who have announced that they’ve started work on a project-say, a book—but some time passes, and when you politely ask how it’s going, they tell you that they’re still researching. Weeks, months, years pass and they prod
Not knowing how near the truth is, people seek it far away.
Hakuin Ekaku
Hakuin Ekaku
Quote from Hakuin Ekaku
When you see what’s present around you as if for the first time, you start to realize how astonishing it all is.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Pay particular attention to the moments that take your breath away—a beautiful sunset, an unusual eye color, a moving piece of music, the elegant design of a complex machine.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
“I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. I have tried this experiment a thousand times and I have never been disappointed.
The more I look at a thing, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I want to se
... See moreWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
John Muir
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
Henry Miller
Henry Miller