I’ve spent far too much time and energy on politics this past year. Like Danny Gregory, I allowed this thing to break my heart and I directed a huge amount of rage against some good (though perhaps misguided) people.
I don’t do well with anger. It’s a fire that consumes but does not enlighten.
So I’ve spent some time these last few days looking out art blogs and websites. I will spend my morning time reading those instead of tearing myself to shreds over things I cannot, at the moment, do much about. I will do what I can to protect my family, but most of all I must get back to my own work… and sanity.
When you fight, your energy feeds what you’re fighting against. When you resist, your resistance props it up. When you hate, you become what you hate.
In Tao, absence is as strong as presence.
July 26th, 2006 at 8:21 am
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