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The artist and the fundamentalist both confront the same issue, the mystery of their existence as individuals.
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.
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Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?
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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experince it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential... Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.
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Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.
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It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree-climbing tyke both look up blinking when Mom calls, 'Suppertime!'
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The Kabbalah describes angels as bundles of light, meaning intelligence, consciousness. Kabbalists believe that above every blade of grass is an angel crying Grow! Grow! ... I believe that above the entire human race is one super-angel, crying Evolve! Evolve!
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