Good Conversation – May 16, 2022

“Good conversation is the enemy of falsity, façade and shallowness. It chases the truth of things, it demolishes the flimsy foundation of façade and it penetrates the depths so as to soar into unfolding possibility. When things stay separate and isolated they stiffen into the act of surviving, whereas when they have a conversation with […]

Helpers and Guides – Jan. 13, 2022

“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 […]

the capacity to look – Dec. 19, 2019

“The artist is always the contemplative—the one who sees what is there. The uninhibited three-year-old, stopping with enthralled gaze to watch an insect, or some activity in the street, is also a contemplative. If we could recover that lost capacity to look, which we all once had, we might be able to penetrate to the […]