“Poetry is actually quite often the discipline of overhearing yourself say something you didn’t know you knew.”
-David Whyte
Category Archives: Quotes
The Immediacy Filter
“One of the most useful bits of advice I ever got, came from the writer Anne Herbert who said that whenever she got an invitation to do something months away or even a week away, she asked herself whether she would accept the gig/meeting/task if it was tomorrow. The answer was often no. I use that immediacy trick all the time, and it has served me very well.”
Kevin Kelly
The Ongoing Quest
“As certain as weather coming from the west, the things people know for sure will change. There is no knowing for a fact. The only dependable things are humility and looking.”
-Richard Powers, The Overstory