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The mind is evolving further techniques for feeling its way toward the of the ultimate. It requires a language of intuition well as a language of intelligence. The language of intuition is art.
Creative Vision in Artist and Audience
Richard Guggenheimer
The deeper we immerse ourselves in this quiet contemplation the more meaningful it becomes, Our twentieth century, Occidental culture does not encourage serene contemplation. We are under the considerable compulsion of an obsession, an expediency obsession. The dynamic of our society, based on competitive drives, tend to stimulate the go toward aggression and away from receptivity.
Creative Vision in Artist and Audience
Richard Guggenheimer
Older women have learned the importance of reasonable expectations. We know that all our desires will not be fulfilled, that the world isn’t organized around pleasing us and that others, especially our children, are not waiting for our opinions and judgments. We know that the joys and sorrows of life are as mixed together as salt and water in the sea. We don’t expect perfection or even relief from suffering. A good book, a piece of homemade pie or a call from a friend can make us happy. As my aunt Grace, who lived in the Ozarks, put it, “I get what I want, but I know what to want.”
The Joy of Being a Woman in Her 70s
Mary Pipher
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