For those who are intrigued by the multiplicity of reality and the unique possibilities of their own vision, the creative is the path they must pursue.

Beauty appears when something is completely and absolutely and openly itself.

To follow Story is to understand the path of healing. Each of our stories is a universe. Each one of us is living a story. To discover its shape and essence is essential to soul making.

Creating art and creating ourselves are the same act; art, world, ourselves - these are continuous with one another.

When Stories nestle in the body, soul comes forth.

Some people fear seeing or feeling anything about which there is no general agreement. For others, it is thrilling to be aware of innuendo, shading, complexity.

This is our grace: To be a note In the exact chord that animates creation.

For those who do not wish to step away from consensus, the creative is useless at best; at worst, it is dangerous.

I'll tell you how to get up in the morning......watch for the dawn.

It's what we do for each other that heals.

The gods come to us in the forms we recognize.

God’s power is able to change stony, stubborn heart to kind, responsive heart.

Their conversation was like root canal without anaesthesia.

If you build the faith to trust a friend as God, then your heart can never be broken.

To live is like to love: all reason is against it and all healthy instinct is for it.

Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.

You can never overlook a guy.

As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field -- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.