“Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and constant aspects of truth that can be perceived by human means. And I don't mean the kind of surface beauty that fades with age, or the sort of shallow wisdom that gets lost in platitudes. True beauty grips your gut and squeezes your lungs, and makes you see with utmost clarity exactly what is before you. True wisdom then steps in, to interpret, illuminate, and form a life-altering insight.” HumansKindMeanRealAgeFormLostStepsWiseFairsAspectConstantInsightSurfaceClarityGutsTemporaryFadesShallowLungsTrue BeautyPlatitudesTrue WisdomLife Altering Author:Vera Nazarian
“I also find the desert a wonderful metaphor for desolation and yet the exact counterpart of the ocean with its hidden depths. Both are vast, harsh, implacable, homogenous to the untrained eye, and beautiful. Bothallow the wind to roam on the surface. And both serve as wonderful vehicles for human survival stories.” HumansStoriesEyeBeautifulWonderfulWindOceanSurvivalDepthMetaphorSurfaceDesertVehicleHarshDesolationCounterparts Author:Vera Nazarian
“No waving of enchanted wands but heightened perception. No magic objects, but a transformed and enhanced reality. No spells or chants, but the raw power of the human will to enact supernatural change upon the universal fabric. This is the kind of "magic" that fills Lords of Rainbow - elemental, organic, humanistic - an extension of reality.” HumansKindRealityLordMagicObjectsPerceptionUniversalSpellsTransformedRainbowFabricExtensionsEnchantedWandsElementalsHumanisticHuman Will Author:Vera Nazarian
“Some writers whom I respect very much, like China Miéville and some others of the New Weird, consider the true role of fantasy to be not Tolkienesque consolation but subversion - a kind of rebe Ûllion from complacency. Yes, I can see what is meant here. And I also see the need to change, to fix, to drastically improve the human lot.” NeedsHumansKindI CanRolesFantasyChinaConsolationComplacencyNeed A ChangeSubversionYes I Can Author:Vera Nazarian
“Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self. Don't limit yourself to being a mere fountain when you contain an ocean.” HumansSelfWaterHuman BeingsLimitsOceanMereUnlimitedFountainRecyclingReservoirs Author:Vera Nazarian
“A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human.” MenHumansGivenCreativeMeditationStrongerIntelligentResponsibleWiserGender Equality Author:Vera Nazarian
“No Temple made by mortal human hands can ever compare to the Temple made by the gods themselves. That building of wood and stone that houses us and that many believe conceals the great Secret Temple from prying eyes, somewhere in its heart of hearts, is but a decoy for the masses who need this simple concrete limited thing in their lives. The real Temple is the whole world, and there is nothing as divinely blessed as a blooming growing garden.” WorldNeedsBelieveHumansHeartMadeRealWholeHandsEyeHouseSimpleSecretGrowingBuildingMassGardenStonesBlessedWoodsWhole WorldMortalsCompareTemplesGardeningConcreteBloomingHuman Hands Author:Vera Nazarian
“Incidentally, the world is magical. Magic is simply what's off our human scale... at the moment.” WorldHumansMomentsMagicScales Author:Vera Nazarian
