“It’s maybe impossible to escape (your own head), but I guess the secret is the prison cell just gets bigger and bigger and bigger and prettier and prettier and prettier.”
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“Life isn't about finding yourself, or finding anything. Life is about creating yourself. And creating things.”
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“Thoreau got up each morning and walked to the woods as though he had never been where he was going to, so that whatever was there came to him like liquid into an empty glass. Many people taking such a walk would have their heads so full of other ideas that it would be a long time before they were capable of hearing or seeing. Most people are blinded by themselves.”
― Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists
― Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists
“When the eye sees, it simply registers color and shape. All the rest takes place in the mind.”
― Who Is My Self?: A Guide to Buddhist Meditation
― Who Is My Self?: A Guide to Buddhist Meditation
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