connecting to the place

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.

—Kurt Vonnegut (via lauriehalseanderson)

But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.

—Alan Watts (via ageofreason)

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I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

—Alan Watts (via ageofreason)

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