Search results for “get out of your own light”
The Pancake King: A Lovely Vintage Children’s Book About How Success and Prestige Can Hijack Our Sense of Purpose
A sweet, subversive parable about the tradeoffs between creativity and commerce and the treacherous way in which prestige can hijack our sense of purpose.
Strung Out In Heaven: Amanda Palmer on Patronage vs. Commerce, Art as Non-Ownable Nourishment, and the Story Behind Her Bowie String Quartet Tribute
“People don’t trust you without getting to know you and watching you work and seeing you make good on your word.”
John Dewey on How to Find Your Calling, the Key to a Fulfilling Vocation, and Why Diverse Interests Are Essential for Excellence in Any Field
“To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness.”
Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education
“No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life.”
Goethe on Beginner’s Mind and the Discipline of Discernment in Your Media Diet
“One must be something in order to do something.”
Artist Agnes Martin on Inspiration, Interruptions, Cultivating a Creative Atmosphere, and the Only Type of Person You Should Allow Into Your Studio
“The development of sensibility is the most important thing for children and adults alike, but is much more possible for children…. Adults are very busy, taught to run all the time. You cannot run and be very aware of your inspirations.”
Yoko Ono’s Playful and Philosophical Action-Poems About How to Live with Greater Attentiveness to the World
“Watch a hundred-year-old tree breathe. Thank the tree in your mind for showing us how to grow and stay.”
Alice Walker on What Her Father Taught Her About Lying and the Love-Expanding Capacity of Telling the Truth
Why telling the truth is a supreme act of love and the most powerful antidote to violence.
Janis Joplin on Music, Emotion, and the Courage to Be Yourself: A 1968 Conversation with Studs Terkel
“You gotta be able to act a little, feel a little, think a little.”
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