“It is the function of the artist to evoke the experience of surprised recognition. To show the viewer what he knows but does not know that he knows. (…) a master of surprised recognition” – William S. Burroughs
“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the Universe”
- Joseph Campbell
“Real art is play, & play is one of the most immediate of all experiences. Those who have cultivated the pleasure of play cannot be expected to give it up simply to make a political point (as in an Art Strike,” or “the suppression without the realization” of art; etc.) Art will go on, in somewhat the same sense that breathing, eating, or fucking will go on.” -Hakim Bey
“They’ve moved out of the society that would have protected them, and into the dark forest, into the world of fire, of original experience. Original experience has not been interpreted for you, and so you’ve got to work out your life for yourself. Either you can take it or you can’t. You don’t have to go far off the interpreted path to find yourself in very difficult situations. The courage to face the trials and to bring a whole new body of possibilities into the field of interpreted experience for other people to experience – that is the hero’s deed.” – Joseph Campbell
