"Words are magic. Words have powers to construct reality, and should be used with care." Marina Warner.
"If I didn't write poetry, I think I'd explode." Charles Causley.
"I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health." Voltaire.
"Tell all truth but tell it slant." Emily Dickinson.
"We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are." Carl Jung.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day to day living that wears you out." Anton Chekov.
"In the unconscious all is flow; there is no past or future, separate from the present." C.G. Jung.
"Poetry and metaphor is more oblique and more concise than prose. Meanings are released slowly and kindly." Gillie Bolton, author of Reflective Practice.
Sharon Salzberg: 'Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us – in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.'
"We find out what we have to say in the actual engagement with the medium (of writing)." Peter Elbow.
"The making of art is intoxicating, one of the greatest joys in life. In the creative process, as in falling in love, we contact our sweetness, longing, powerful intention and profound thoughtfulness." Norman Holland, author of Literature and the Brain.
"There are in our existence spots of time.....whence....our minds are nourished and invisibly repaired;.....such moments are scattered everywhere." William Wordsworth, edited by Gillie Bolton, author of Prompted to Write.
"In this playhouse of infinite forms, I have had my play, and here have I caught sight of him that is formless...." Rabindranath Tagore,
from Parting Words.
"One in five people have dandruff; one in four people have a mental health problem. I've had both." Ruby Wax.
"Language placed my life experiences in a new context, freeing me for the moment to become with air as air, with clouds as clouds, from which new associations arose to engage me in present life in a more purposeful way." Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of A Place to Stand: the making of a Poet.
"If I didn't write poetry, I think I'd explode." Charles Causley.
"I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health." Voltaire.
"Tell all truth but tell it slant." Emily Dickinson.
"We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are." Carl Jung.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day to day living that wears you out." Anton Chekov.
"In the unconscious all is flow; there is no past or future, separate from the present." C.G. Jung.
"Poetry and metaphor is more oblique and more concise than prose. Meanings are released slowly and kindly." Gillie Bolton, author of Reflective Practice.
Sharon Salzberg: 'Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us – in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.'
"We find out what we have to say in the actual engagement with the medium (of writing)." Peter Elbow.
"The making of art is intoxicating, one of the greatest joys in life. In the creative process, as in falling in love, we contact our sweetness, longing, powerful intention and profound thoughtfulness." Norman Holland, author of Literature and the Brain.
"There are in our existence spots of time.....whence....our minds are nourished and invisibly repaired;.....such moments are scattered everywhere." William Wordsworth, edited by Gillie Bolton, author of Prompted to Write.
"In this playhouse of infinite forms, I have had my play, and here have I caught sight of him that is formless...." Rabindranath Tagore,
from Parting Words.
"One in five people have dandruff; one in four people have a mental health problem. I've had both." Ruby Wax.
"Language placed my life experiences in a new context, freeing me for the moment to become with air as air, with clouds as clouds, from which new associations arose to engage me in present life in a more purposeful way." Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of A Place to Stand: the making of a Poet.