A wasp was sucking jam on my plate and I cut him in half. He paid no attention, merely went on with his meal, while a tiny stream of jam trickled out of his esophagus. Only when he tried to fly away did he grasp the dreadful thing that had happened to him.
Vladimar Nabacov.
Being aware of being... if I not only know that I am but also that I know it then I belong to the human speices all the rest follows the glory of thought, poetry, a vison of the universe.
James Baldwin.
The role of the artist is exactly the same as the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious to the things that you don't see.
MADELINE L'ENGLE
FOR EVERY EVIL UNFER THE SUN, THERE IS A REMEDY OR THERE IS NONE. IF THE BE ONE TRY AND FIND IT, IF THERE BE NONE NEVER FIND IT.
Calderon de la Barca.
"What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story, and
the greatest good is little enough, for all life is a dream"
Descartes.
Cogito, ergo sum, I think therefore I am.
Memento Mori. Remember that you must die.
Ota Dokan (1486)
Had I not known that I was
dead already I would have mourned my loss of life.
Unknown
He in his madness wishes for storms in hopes that storms will bring peace.