“This human need for mysticism – surrender to an unknown truth, union – stands at the helm of all romantic feeling. It is, in essence, the same intimacy known in a mother’s arms; in those who are deprived of the experience, the need freezes and, distorted, it can rent a life. All addiction has as its foundation skewed yearning for the same transcendence. For me, the spell of the material was broken by my brother’s death; after his suicide, all I wanted was the renewal of my connection to the intangible.” NeedsHumansFeelingsWantedMotherKnownBrotherMaterialsBrokenArmsConnectionsEssenceFoundationSuicideUnionsAddictionSurrenderIntimacyMy BrotherMysticismSpellsYearningRenewalDeprivedTranscendenceFreezeIntangibleHuman NeedsHelmRomantic Feelings Author:Antonella Gambotto-Burke
“If a painting contains no abstraction nor impressionistic elements, it is a kite that will never fly. But if the painting completely breaks the connection between human feeling and the object portrayed, the kite string has been broken. I try to keep the line unbroken.” IfsTryingHumansHas BeensFeelingsLinesBreakObjectsPaintingBrokenElementsConnectionsStringsAbstractionUnbrokenKites Author:Wu Guanzhong
“We were land-based agrarian people from Africa. We were uprooted from Africa, and we spent 200 years developing our culture as black Americans. And then we left the South. We uprooted ourselves and attempted to transplant this culture to the pavements of the industrialized North. And it was a transplant that did not take. I think if we had stayed in the South, we would have been a stronger people. And because the connection between the South of the 20's, 30's and 40's has been broken, it's very difficult to understand who we are.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsHas BeensCultureLeftDifficultBlackLandBrokenConnectionsStrongerSouthDevelopingWho We ArePavementTransplants Author:August Wilson
“Self-expression is not enough; experiment is not enough; the recording of special moments or cases is not enough. All of the artshave broken faith or lost connection with their origin and function. They have ceased to be concerned with the legitimate and permanent material of art.” ArtSelfEnoughMomentsLostCasesSpecialExpressionMaterialsBrokenConcernedConnectionsFunctionExperimentsPermanentSelf ExpressionSpecial Moments Author:Jane Heap
“A particular rule that seems to make sense in the individual case makes no sense when it is made a universal rule and applied to all cases. It makes no sense because it fails to take into account the connection between one broken window left untended and a thousand broken windows.” MadeSeemsIndividualLeftCasesFailingParticularBrokenThousandWindowConnectionsUniversalAccountsMake SenseBroken Windows Book:Thinking about Crime Source: Thinking about Crime
“The moment you go in, all connections with the outside world are broken; all bridges are broken. In fact, the whole world disappears.” WorldWholeMomentsFactsBrokenConnectionsDisappearWhole WorldBridgesOutside World Author:Rajneesh
“I lay there, stretched out, looking at the one star visible through the tiny window of the room. Only connect. How can you do that when the connections are broken?” StarsRoomsBrokenWindowConnectionsLaysTinyVisible Book:Lighthousekeeping Source: Lighthousekeeping