
Yes, the world is sick, and yes it can be cruel,
but it would be a whole lot sicker
and a whole lot crueler if it were not for painters and filmmakers and songwriters
– the beauty-makers –
wading through the blood and muck of things.
— Nick Cave
- Let’s Be A Comfortable Couple And Take Care Of Each OtherLet’s be a comfortable couple, and take care of each other! And if we should get deaf, or lame, or blind,… Read more: Let’s Be A Comfortable Couple And Take Care Of Each Other
- There Is Another Reality, The Genuine OneThere is another reality, the genuine one, which we lose sight of. This other reality is always sending us hints, which… Read more: There Is Another Reality, The Genuine One
- The Way In Is The Only Way OutIf one desires clear sight One cannot place one’s trust in reflections. The way in is The only way out. —… Read more: The Way In Is The Only Way Out
- All That You Touch, You ChangeAll that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. — science fiction author Octavia E. Butler from book… Read more: All That You Touch, You Change
- I Wanted My Life To CloseI wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it, like another country; I wanted my life to close…… Read more: I Wanted My Life To Close
- Destroy Your Reputation.Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. —Rumi
- Lovers Don’t Finally Meet Somewhere. They’re In Each Other All AlongArtistic experience lies so incredibly close to that of sex, to its pain and its ecstasy, that the two manifestations are… Read more: Lovers Don’t Finally Meet Somewhere. They’re In Each Other All Along
- Am Searching For A Secret Recipeam searching for a secret recipe… so that drinking it my house shriveled up and barren may… Read more: Am Searching For A Secret Recipe
- I Say Take Them Back But You Never DoI don’t mind them well.I haven’t got the knackof kindly minding.I say Take them backbut you never do. — Marie Ponsot… Read more: I Say Take Them Back But You Never Do
- Your Task Is Not To Seek For LoveYour task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you… Read more: Your Task Is Not To Seek For Love
- I Don’t Love You With My Heart And MindI don’t love you with my heart and mind. I love you with my soul, in case my mind forgets and… Read more: I Don’t Love You With My Heart And Mind
- In Your Light I Learn How To LoveIn your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where… Read more: In Your Light I Learn How To Love
- They Weigh On My MindThese things that I mind,you know, aren’t mine.I mind minding them.They weigh on my mind.— Marie Ponsot from poem Old Mama… Read more: They Weigh On My Mind