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Shakespeare, Velazquez, and Kubrick share the ability to look their audience—essentially their market—directly in the eye and show them something they would not otherwise see: themselves, as perceived through the eyes of someone whose deepest loyalty lies with the artwork. This position makes the artist neither an ally nor an enemy, but something... See more

The vessel doesn't need to be perfect. The vessel needs to be strong enough to survive the descent. That's it. Everything beyond that threshold is dwarf vanity.

There are two ways to make the world more mesmerizing: to seek out new and increasingly intense experiences, or to loosen the filters that make ordinary experience “ordinary”. You can go skydiving, or you can meditate for long enough that walking feels like skydiving. Either way, I think what we’re seeking is an escape back into what we used to be,... See more

You are given another opportunity to return from the maze to your origin. If you are able to return to the origin, you will make it.

Understanding that nothing is permanent will have us understand that this moment will never be again - there may be similar moments, there may be more beautiful or uglier moments, but this specific moment will never be again. When we know this, being present and seeing meaning even in the most mundane of things becomes very easy because every... See more

You have an idea that exists in the upper atmosphere as a vague, enormous, shapeless thing. Previously, to bring that idea to earth, you needed ten thousand hours of skill to build a vessel capable of containing it. Now you need a prompt. Now you need vision and belief and the cognitive architecture to HOLD the idea long enough to aim it.