An Artists’ Thoughts on Wonder

My thoughts—the simplest, clearest, and therefore most wonderful thoughts—give me peace. For the first time in my life the possibility of life presents itself to me—not in relation to any worldly matter or with reference to its effect on others, but simply in relation to myself, to my own soul—vividly, plainly, wonderfully, and as a certainty.

And from the height of this perception all that had previously tormented and preoccupied me suddenly becameilluminatedby a warm white light without sh...