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Starting a novel demands a conscious falling through the window, a journey through the looking glass, and a return to the imaginative courage of the child. P 145

At the moment of creation, they must have complete faith, faith in their vision, faith in their work p 139

There is no denying that an artist is someone who is full of questions , who cries them out in great angst, who discovers rainbows in the darkness and then rushes to canvas or paper. P 135

“ Without a story of your own, you haven’t got a life of your own” 132 Laurens Van Der Post

We are coauthors with God in the writing of our own story p 131

But only if we accept all of ourselves, our flaws as well as our virtues (and we’re all a grab bag of good and evil, and by and large can’t tell which is which) do we become useful servants—of our art, of our Lord. P 122

lan Jones points out before his conversion on the Damascus road, Paul was suffering from paranoia, out of his right mind.
Afterwards he was in a state of met Noah and met. Noah means being turned around, repentant, being in a healthy state of mind. P 121

And yet, when God took him by the script of the neck and shook him, he was able to let go, to let go of himself and his control of himself, and instead trust God and experience a total reversal of his life. O 122

All right, then is hidden, even from ourselves. The doctrine that we are made, after the image of God proclaims that the human being is fundamentally a mystery, free spirit. The creative artist is one who cares within the wound of transcendence. He has the sign that human beings are more than they are. Quoting her SIL Alan from Journey into Christ p 120