“There was a stately drama writ By the hand that peopled the earth and air, And set the stars in the infinite, And made night gorgeous and morning fair; And all that had sense to reason knew That bloody drama must be gone through. Some sat and watched how the action veered-- Waited, profited, trembled, cheered-- We saw not clearly nor understood, But yielding ourselves to the masterhand, Each in his part as best he could, We played it through as the author planned.” MadeWarReasonHandsActionEarthNightStarsMorningGoneSawsAirDramaUnderstoodFairsInfiniteSatBloodyGorgeous Author:Alan Seeger
“I don't feel one could even remotely touch the idea of intimidating others, but because I've understood the other side of the experience, I will occasionally, if I smell that could even be in the air for a few minutes, say to the director, "Please, you must tell me anything you want. Please say all the things you think might be terribly hurtful like, 'That was boring.'"” IfsThinkingWantFeelsIdeasMightSidesAirMinutesPleaseDirectorsUnderstoodBoringSmellIntimidatingHurtful Author:Kenneth Branagh
“A voyage to the moon, however romantick and absurd the scheme may now appear, since the properties of air have been better understood, seemed highly probable to many of the aspiring wits in the last century” MayHas BeensLastsAirCenturyMoonUnderstoodPropertyWitAbsurdSchemesVoyages Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay
“When we were kids, you picked up a little paper and put it on a stick; and when you waved it back and forth, you understood the power of air underneath the wings. In that way, a child begins to understand abstraction, poetry, metaphor, symbolism. You play with the materials you have and use your imagination to make them into something else. That what's so sad about having everything on a little screen - it's not physical and dimensional, and that seems backward.” WayChildrenLittlesPlayUseSeemsKidsImaginationAirMaterialsPaperUnderstoodWingsSticksMetaphorScreensAbstractionBack And ForthSymbolismSo Sad Author:Julie Taymor
“My mother and I definitely got to a point where we had to have a real conversation and talk woman to woman, or daughter to mother, friend to friend - just off the record, clear the air and communicate. I didn't want to drive my mama crazy, but at the same time, I had to do, I had to learn, I had to grow and she understood that. She knows me better than anyone else on the planet so I tried to think about that.” ThinkingKnowsWantRealMotherGrowsClearRecordsAirCrazyPlanetsConversationDaughterUnderstoodCommunicateKnow MeMamaMother DaughterReal ConversationWoman To Woman Author:Queen Latifah
“As a child, I remember asking my parents when I was five years old, "How come if you are not Zionists, you came to the country?" I was surprised at myself that I asked this question. It means that it was always in the air. Then years later I understood it was because of the Holocaust, because they were refugees. They did not come as immigrants and, because of the illusions of the '50s and the late '40s, my mother said, "The world must be better." She could not imagine that it wouldn't be different.” IfsWorldYearsMeanChildrenSaidDifferentCountryRememberMotherParentFiveImagineAirLateIllusionUnderstoodAskingFive YearsImmigrantsHolocaustImagine ThatRefugeeZionistFive Year Olds Author:Amira Hass