The Attention We Bring
Art is not about art but the attention we bring to it.
- Marcel Duchamp
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Suffering is the activity of resisting that which is present, and seeking that which is not present. The separate self is a composite of this activity.
~Rupert Spira
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I invariably have the illusion that the whole play of a story, its start and middle and finish, occur in my mind simultaneously — that I’m seeing it in one flash. But in the working out, the writing out, infinite surprises happen. Thank God, because surprise, the twist, the phrase that comes at the right moment out of nowhere, is the unexpected dividend, that joyful little push that keeps a writer going.
At one time I used to keep notebooks with outlines for stories. But I found doing this somehow deadened the idea in my imagination. If the notion is good enough, if it truly belongs to YOU, then you can’t forget it . . . it will haunt you till it’s written.
— Truman Capote
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Whatever your difficulties — a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness — you can always remember that you are free in every moment to set the compass of your heart to your highest intentions. In…
