Whether we eat, sleep, work, play, whatever we do life contains dissatisfaction, pain. If we enjoy pleasure, we are afraid to lose it; we strive for more and more pleasure or try to contain it. If we suffer pain we want to escape it. We experience dissatisfaction all the time. All activities contain dissatisfaction or pain, continuously.

Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.

Fearlessness is extending ourselves beyond our limited view.

There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.

You can't feel the earth if you can't feel the space.

We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.

We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.