I sometimes wonder whether the act of surrender is not one of the greatest of all - the highest. It is one of the [most] difficult of all... You see it's so immensely complicated. It needs real humility and at the same time, an absolute belief in one's own essential freedom. It is an act of faith. At the last moments, like all great acts, it is pure risk. This is true for me as a human being and as a writer. Dear Heaven, how hard it is to let go - to step into the blue. And yet one's creative life depends on it and one desires to do nothing else.
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About Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield was a 19th-century New Zealand author. Kathleen Mansfield Murry was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world and have been published in 25 languages. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Creativity — The spark of original thought, invention, and artistic vision
- Faith — Reflections on belief, spirituality, and trust in the unseen
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination