“Ours was the Togetherness Generation. We equated togetherness with salvation, and expected so much from it that it was bound to let us down. Companionship, security, lifelong physical and spiritual and emotional warmth - all were to be had for the twist of a ring and the breathing of a vow. And to be had no other way.” WaySpiritualMarriageGenerationsSecurityEmotionalSalvationBoundsExpectedRingsBreathingWarmthCompanionshipTwistsTogethernessVowLifelong Author:Shana Alexander
“In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page 120, the whole emotional arc. In an animated movie, it's a committee decision. There are 50 people creating that character. You're responsible for a small part.” PeopleWholeCharacterActionDecisionRolesEmotionalCreatingPagesResponsibleBreathingCommitteesAnimatedArcsSmall PartsMaking DecisionsAnimated Movies Author:Andy Serkis
“Yoga is something that once you start practicing it you learn a lot of breathing skills and I think that would really be incredibly useful on a day-to-day basis. It can help you with all the emotional stress.” ThinkingHelpingEmotionalSkillsYogaBasesStressBreathingDay To DayEmotional Stress Author:Jayne Middlemiss
“When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were writing encyclopedia entries instead of stories. Their hesitancy about physical and psychological intimacy can be a barrier to vital fiction. Conversely, a narration that makes readers hear the characters' heavy breathing and smell their emotional anguish diminishes distance. Readers feel so close to the characters that, for those magical moments, they become those characters.” IfsFeelsWritingSelfMomentsCharacterStoriesFictionEmotionalReaderConsciousDistanceHeavySmellPsychologicalIntimacyBreathingBarriersAnguishDiminishSelf ConsciousEntryEncyclopediaNarrationMagical Moments Author:Jerome Stern
“In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.” EnoughCertainSpaceEmotionalProjectsCommitBreathingEmotional LifeBreathing Space Author:Twyla Tharp
“Emotional pain is sometimes what we make of it. We can always choose how we react. No matter what the pain, breathing always centers me.” SometimesMatterPainEmotionalNo Matter WhatBreathingEmotional Pain Author:Aleks Paunovic