“If anyone asked me to define an artist or a prophet, I think that I would say that he is the one who dares to act on the bold belief that he has a word to speak that would be healing if it could be heard. Actually, all human beings way down deep hold this belief about themselves. The sorrow is that except for rare moments most of us are overcome by forces of disbelief. In time we come to remember that our lives are for the greening of the earth and the greening of one another.”
–Elizabeth O’Connor, Cry Pain, Cry Hope, p. 96
