Velvet Rooms and Unlikely Confessions
This is why, when we are struck by a new piece of art, it can resonate on a deeper level. Perhaps this is the familiar, coming back to us in an unfamiliar form. Or maybe it is something unknown that we didn’t realize we were looking for. A missing piece in a puzzle that has no end.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
“But museums also choose what to display, what to let rest in the dark, and what to reveal again under new light.
They’re not mausoleums — they are spaces of loss and rebirth. Alive, even in silence.
We are like that too.
Full of rooms. Piled-up memories. Crookedly hung frames.
Ideas that need to come out of storage.”
They’re not mausoleums — they are spaces of loss and rebirth. Alive, even in silence.
We are like that too.
Full of rooms. Piled-up memories. Crookedly hung frames.
Ideas that need to come out of storage.”
Laurent François • Saving the Invisible
I am frequently, unapologetically and unabashedly moved to tears by the power of words, images, and song. It seems odd because so often these items are not sad in any way, but rather happy, funny or joyous. At times it feels as if my heart is filled with joy to the point of bursting in my chest. What is it and why does it affect me so,
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