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“The path to peace is not to pursue certainty but to relax into uncertainty. [...] It's not about trying to force things to happen a certain way but about trusting that you will be okay no matter what”
― Joseph Nguyen, Don't Believe Everything You Think

“The Perfect Way is only difficult
for those who pick and choose;
Do not like, do not dislike;
all will then be clear.
Make a hairbreadth difference,
and Heaven and Earth are set apart;
If you want the truth to stand clear before you,
never be for or against.
The struggle between “for” and “against”
is the mind’s worst disease.”
― Seng-ts'an, Hsin Hsin Ming

“How is it, Theo wondered, that a piece of paper - a letter, a photo, a ticket stub, a sketch, a painting - is suddenly transformed by placing it in four bits of wood beneath a pane of glass? What does it mean that we place permanent boundaries around transient moments? What does it say of humankind that we take such trouble to freeze specific memories, that we devote such energy to capturing and preserving the "minute particulars" of our lives?”
― Allen Levi, Theo of Golden

“Creating is meant to be one of the most fulfilling and exhilarating things we can do as humans. We are born to create. If you’re not having fun, it’s because you’re worried about what others will think about what you make instead of focusing on how much you love creating. Fall in love with creating, not the creation.”
― Joseph Nguyen, The Art of Creating: How To Create Art That Transforms Yourself And The World