Khan Imran

“a clean honesty
about our otherness that feels
not like the moral but the story.”
― Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems

“One indicator of inspiration is awe. We tend to take so much for granted. How can we move past disconnection and desensitization to the incredible wonders of nature and human engineering all around us? Most of what we see in the world holds the potential to inspire astonishment if looked at from a less jaded perspective. Train yourself to see the awe behind the obvious. Look at the world from this vantage point as often as possible. Submerge yourself. The beauty around us enriches our lives in so many ways. It is an end in itself. And it sets an example for our own work. We can aim to develop an eye for harmony and balance, as if our creations have always been here, like mountains or feathers.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

“Of all the great works that we can experience, nature is the most absolute and enduring. We can witness it change through the seasons. We can see it in the mountains, the oceans, the deserts, and the forest. We can watch the changes of the moon each night, and the relationship between the moon and the stars.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

“I wanted a woman to be for me a steady ground, like the earth itself, where I could always be renewed.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room