‘In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed – but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
I hate highlighting parts everyone else seems to have, I always feel like I’m pushing in at a book club I don’t belong to, however…
This is strangely true in many ways relatable up until today & tomorrow & the day after that, infinitum … tragedy, loss, hardship, discontent, etc makes me think of one of my favorite quotes
‘without darkness, there can be no light’
If you look at those famous, a good many if them have led haunted lives, despite their talent, their fame, something is cut off, incomplete, wanting…
Look at Brittany Spears, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Robin Williams, Freddy Mercury
I could go on & on but luckily for you, I won’t. I just think the inner pain gives a doorway to a part of yourself that others may not have. I know I’ve always loved music, reading & I also love to write, & I also have inner pain, although I think my pains probably a lot bigger than my talent that I never really bothered to nourish, the times I did do that words flowed, but life had other plans, c’est la vie
