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“I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I ha...”
“We give up our backs and allow religious myths to apply the rear naked choke to our minds.”
“Its cool when fashion recycles itself, its not cool when sustainable living does because it means there was (and is as I write) a period of absolute and possibly irreversible destruction.”
“Those who are esteemed umpires of taste, are often persons who have acquired some knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures, and have an inclination for whatever is elegant; but if you inquire wh...”
“Two silent time zones had now merged to form the standard time of one man's fate”
“Your beauty will be in shades of melanin and light.”
“Things wabi-sabi have no need for the reassurance of status or the validation of market culture. They have no need for documentation of provenance. Wabi-sabi-ness in no way depends on knowledge of ...”
“Remember seeker, our earthly perceptions of reality are just an illusion.”
“He was surrounded by love, and he used that power to create.”
“Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely -- whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks it. But above all else--it presents us with the gift o...”
“I hope that I capture something in my work that is about the elusive, the magical and powerful and the transformative. The writing in itself is transformative for me.”
“If you have a strong stomachread on.”
“Optimistic people bring a sense of hope into world. Encouraging people bring a new meaning to life. They help you see past the clouds on a glooming day. They bring sunlight everyday”
“i am open + free to create in abundance. i am deserving of my own love + it comes in the form of art.”
“There is no singular truth known to man. All that we know is but a fraction. Truth can only be seen in pieces.”
“If I listened to all the noise in the worldI would have many standards to conform to But the zeal to succeedCuts through the racket”
“What I know is the product of the hand I have been dealt and how I have reacted to that hand”
“Christianity and Socialism Compared"Socialism is the antithesis of Christianity. Socialism is filled with elitists and Christianity is the faith of servants.Socialism is filled with submission to m...”
“i am my religion. my belief is love. god is within [self].”
“I hear talk of that slippery slope, and my heart catches for a beat. But there is the musky truth I'm standing in that I can't deny, and it tastes of so much holy. That old way, the narrow line, I ...”