My Generation – Madonna of the Whales (chapter 26)
I began a new and painful cycle, learning to accept that when fullness has been reached, there comes a time of emptying, a death, a rebirth.
I began a new and painful cycle, learning to accept that when fullness has been reached, there comes a time of emptying, a death, a rebirth.
We were nearing the end of the halcyon years of the '70s and everything that was seen as nonessential, extraneous, frivolous, was being dismantled – as in any recession – the arts were the first to suffer.
Sometimes you have to ‘go round-the-bend’ in order to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Putting up resistance in the face of difficulty only makes it worse, let it be, accept it, and no matter how hard, the key to changing it – is to love – that’s all you need. By our own power we can do nothing but be a channel, its love that loves through us; to put aside the ego, the small self (that always seeks retaliation) is to be a channel for love.
The three commandments to the Artist: Thou must start, Thou must not fear, Thou must be true to your own dreams.
You have to have a vision and you have to have faith.
We belong to one incredible family – unbelievable love.
This generation may either be the last to exist in any semblance of a civilised world or it will be the first to have the vision, the bearing and the greatness to say “I will have nothing to do with this destruction of life,....
The Art of dance is a symbol for the law that everything passes. When the dance is over you have nothing to hold onto except what remains in your memory in your body and mind.
The Goddess doesn’t enter us from outside; she emerges from deep within. She is not held back by what happened in the past. She is conceived in consciousness, born in love and nurtured by higher thinking....