"Life begins perpetually. Gathered together at last under the leadership of man…unified, disciplined, armed with secret powers…and the knowledge as yet beyond dreams. Life, forever dying to be born afresh, forever young and eager, will presently stand upon the earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars."

"An artist who theorizes about his work is no longer artist but critic."
H. G. Wells 1866-1946

"From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were- I have not been
As other saw."
Edgar Allen Poe 1809-1848

"In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.

You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,

but sometimes I do,
and that sight becomes this art.

…

Drumsound rises in the air,
its throb, my heart.

A voice inside the beat says,
“I know you’re tired,
but come. This is the way.”

And you jealous of the ocean’s generosity?
Why would you refuse to give
this joy to anyone?

Fish don’t hold the sacred liquid in cups!
They swim the huge fluid freedom.

Jelaluddin Rumi 1207-1273