Mirrors and Windows
Recently I’ve been thinking about John Szarkowski‘s idea of photographs as either windows or mirrors. It’s interesting to think of one’s own work and the […]
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It takes wit, and interest and energy to be happy
“Appreciation of life is not easy. One says he must earn a living — but why? Why live? It seems as though a great many […]
Play as a little child plays
“The man who believes that money is the thing is cheating himself. The artist teaches that the object of a man’s life should be to […]
The annihilation that is prerequisite to rebirth
“The individual … no longer resists the annihilation that is prerequisite to rebirth in the realization of truth, and so becomes ripe, at last, for […]
Misfits to whom the art of life and the art of love are foreign
“[Herman] Hesse’s pre-1917 heroes [in his novels] are made of soft stuff. They are predominantly esthetes who live only in dreams, hopes and anticipation, and […]
The neurotic
“The perpetual hesitation of the neurotic to launch out into life is readily explained by his desire to stand aside so as not to get […]
The neurotic and the artist
“The neurotic fails through incessant vacillation. The artist succeeds in giving shape and form to the conflict and ejects truth and beauty.” – Otto Rank […]
You’ve forgotten your childhood; It will make you suffer until you heed it
“In your case, mind and nature, consciousness and dream world lie very far apart. You’ve forgotten your childhood; it cries for you from the depths […]
