“Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.” WholeIndividualDisciplinePrisonPursueJailMechanismElsewhereSelf Discipline Author:Michel Foucault
“I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals.” PeopleYearsIndividualDifficultSecurityBuddhismSixPrisonOur SocietyHelpfulMaximumDeath RowPrison System Author:Joan Halifax
“It is the system, rather than individuals, that is the source of pollution and degradation. My prison-house environment is but another manifestation of the Midas-hand, whose cursed touch turns everything to the brutal service of Mammon.” HandsTurnsHouseIndividualEnvironmentSourcePrisonManifestationPollutionBrutalCursedDegradationMidas Book:Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist Source: Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
“Two aesthetics exist: the passive aesthetic of mirrors and the active aesthetic of prisms. Guided by the former, art turns into a copy of the environment's objectivity or the individual's psychic history. Guided by the latter, art is redeemed, makes the world into its instrument, and forges, beyond spatial and temporal prisons, a personal vision.” WorldArtTwoTurnsIndividualVisionEnvironmentArt IsMirrorsInstrumentsPrisonActiveFormerLatterCopiesAestheticPassivePsychicsAestheticsObjectivityRedeemedPrismsSpatialPersonal Vision Author:Jorge Luis Borges