Failure is the information you need to get where you’re going.

Expect a Surprise If we’re paying attention, we may notice that some of our most interesting artistic choices come about by accident. Springing from moments of communion with the work, when the self disappears. Sometimes they feel like mistakes. These

Nature transcends our tendencies to label and classify, to reduce and limit. The natural world is unfathomably more rich, interwoven, and complicated than we are taught, and so much more mysterious and beautiful.

a degree of polarity between members was part of the formula for greatness.

Art goes deeper than thought. Deeper than the stories about yourself. It breaks through inner walls and accesses what’s behind. If we get out of the way and let the art do its work, it may yield the sincerity we seek. And sincerity may look nothing like we expected.

jolt your reality and push you into a sense of disbelief. Like realizing you’re driving into oncoming traffic.

We have stories about ourselves, and those are not who we are. We have stories about the work, and those are not what the work is.

There is no separation. We are one.

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