"Separation comes first. It is a way of gaining distance...internal detachment...more interior space for movement and for placing events..
We are always in the embrace of an idea."
-James Hillman, in _A Blue Fire_
"Writing is a way of saying you and the world have a chance. All art is failure.
When you write you are momentarily telling the world and yourself that neither of you need any reason to be but the one you had all along."
-Richard Hugo, _The Triggering Town_
"Always in the embrace of an idea"...that can be good news and bad news. Sometimes the wrong idea just won't let go!
ReplyDeleteThe line about creating distance and space reminds me of these words from Melanie Weidner: "Spaciousness is the tangible practice of mystery."
"All art is failure"? Ouch. Does that mean I should give it up? :-)
Thanks for posting these!
Hmmm, you have a point...guess I read it as "the embrace of Idea", more like. Which for me would be much the same as, "the embrace of Life". Which (for me) would be positive.
ReplyDeleteAnd the second quote, too: like saying "All life is failure". If you're into Grace, re-incarnating in every moment, less explicable paths, then it's like saying the practice of your creativity, of your deepest self, is the act of opening a thousand doors. That's the image I get anyway...