“Technocratic art: a series of skills that serve the needs of industry and a desire for a capable skilled work-force.” (Es decir, habilidades para “servir a la industria”, ¿opuesto a la creatividad?).
La educación artística “necesita estar entrelazada con otras muchas disciplinas que pueden ayudar a los niños a leer y entender los símbolos estéticos que se usan para comunicar las complejidades de la vida”. (The WOW Factor)
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
El corazon es tan necesario como la cabeza, pues el unico antidoto contra el miedo es el amor, y tanto amor como miedo coinciden en algo: no atienden a razones. Cualquier argumento racional, ni mitiga el miedo, ni espanta al amor. Por muchas veces que te digan que el avion es el medio mas seguro, no se pierde el miedo a volar. Hay que aprender a vivir con el miedo de la misma forma que hay que aprender a vivir amando. Es el corazón quien te permite seguir a pesar del susto.
He drew a circle that shut me out—
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in.
(Edwin Markham, “Outwitted.”)
“If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”
New York
November 10, 1958
Dear Thom:
We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.
You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply — of course it isn’t puppy love.
But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that I can tell you.
Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.
The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.
If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.
Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.
We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.
And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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