to live an enchanted life
John Ruskin from The Seven Lamps of Architecture
The most common emotion people feel about getting old is surprise.
Martha Beck • The Stunning Surprise of Age—and the Overwhelming Gratitude That Comes Along With It - Martha Beck
In his Life as Art: Aesthetics and the Creation of Self (2012),
Zachary Simpson defines "life as art" as follows:
[it] is the persistent attempt to actualize the aesthetic in and
through one's living, seeing and thinking. This means
integrating the essence of the work of art into how one shapes
the contours and dimensions of one's being ... what emerge
... See more... See moreWhat is the Poet, or Seer, as distinguished from the philosopher, the man of science, the politician, the tale-teller, and others with whom he has many points in common ? He is, indeed, a student as other students are, but he is emphatically the student who sees, who feels, who sings. The Poet, briefly described, is he whose existence constitutes a
... See moreIn theory, I think what you’re talking about here is precisely why Jewish tradition mandates the observance of Shabbat. What would it be like to take one day each week away from the to-do lists, the obligations, the unread blog posts, the inchoate obligation to be witty on twitter or facebook or [insert online social space here]? In my line of work
For him [Feynman] satisfaction in discovery was there even if what you discover was already known by others. It was there even if all you are doing is re-deriving someone else’s result your own way. And it was there even if your creativity is in playing with your child. It was self-satisfaction. Feynman’s focus was internal, and his internal focus ... See more
Feynman's Rainbow by Leonard Mlodinow
What do I want from all this?
In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.
Return to Tipasa - Albert Camus (1953)