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A Life Worth Living
“Art’s task is to save the soul of mankind. Anything less is a dithering while Rome burns, because if the artists — who are self selected to journey into the Other — cannot find the way, then the Way cannot be found.”
— Terence McKenna
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“Never forget that you are a man and therefore you must bleed for the goal of humanity. Listen, you are still too juvenile for your age. You should get older, the years are dwindling and yet your work has not been accomplished. Practice solitude assiduously without grumbling so that everything will in time become ready. You should not die unfulfilled. Your years are numbered and many years are still needed for your fulfillment. You should become serious and your work sink heavy as iron into the ground of mankind. Let go of too much science. There lies the way that is not the way. Your way goes toward the depths, toward the rarest and deepest”.
-– Carl Gustav JUNG
Art draws your attention to things we see and feel but are usually too busy to contemplate. The artist weds technique and attention to subtleties in order to study reality so we can see it more clearly. When we create, we hope to connect more strongly with the feeling of being alive.
Jung’s admonitions to grow up and grow down into life so you can accomplish your mission may sound…
