Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely — whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks it. But above all else–it presents us with the gift of ourselves.
ABERJHANIJust above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.
More Aberjhani Quotes
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And now we step to the rhythm of miracles. –from The Light, That Never Dies
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An author accepting language’s invitation to dance steps onto the floor of his her sensibility-charged consciousness and begins to move instinctively–even if with much dread
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An outrageous instinct to love and be loved executed your brain every hour on the hour.
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It takes a lot of beautiful love, uncommon sincerity, and spitfire courage to do that.
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Delivering well-crafted speeches, assembling unified coalitions, passing historic legislation, signing well-aimed executive orders, and cultivating a poised but accessible demeanor.
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The literary artist lends verbal depth to the visual. The visual artist provides visible articulation for the literary.
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Careful studies of cases dealing with supposed ‘mental disorder’ have at times revealed that many thought to be insane or warped in some fashion were actually simply highly sensitive individuals.
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The more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.
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Experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their “pursuit of happiness” to outright obliterating it.
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September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.–from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
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Women and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, white, black, red, brown.
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Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.
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In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.
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A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.
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The books are also a part of what I call the great continuum of spiritual literary dialogue that I feel has been in progress since human beings
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