“Fame is a kind of death because it arrests life around the person in the public eye. If one is recognized everywhere, one begins to feel like Medusa. People stop their normal life and actions and freeze into staring manikins. "We can never catch people or life unawares," as I wrote to my mother, in an outburst of frustration. "It is always looking at us."” PeopleIfsFeelsKindPersonsEyeActionMotherFameNormalStaringFrustrationFreezeNormal LifePublic EyeOutburstMedusa Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“The Normal is the good smile in a child's eyes- all right. It is also the dead stare in a million adults. It both sustains and kills- like a God. It is the Ordinary made beautiful; it is also the Average made leathal. The Normal is the indispensable, murderous God of Health.” ChildrenMadeEyeBeautifulMillionsNormalOrdinaryAdultsAverageStaringIndispensable Author:Peter Shaffer
“In terms of how the music developed, it was my normal process, which I would say is really a hybrid process of sketching on bits of paper, playing the piano, playing synthesisers, using the computer, staring out of the window, finding things I'd forgotten about, happy accidents, failed plans, best intentions, equipment failures. It is a multidimensional process incorporating a lot of planning and intention and a lot of randomness. Ultimately I just follow the material where it wants to go a lot of the time.” WantBitsProcessTermPlansMaterialsNormalPaperFindingsComputerWindowIntentionForgottenAccidentsPlanningStaringPianoEquipmentHybridRandomnessSketchingBest IntentionsIncorporatingHappy AccidentsPiano Playing Author:Max Richter
“Sometimes I feel like I've been waiting for someone to tell me when I can be normal again,' she said. 'I keep thinking I'll get a letter. Or a call. When does it happen?' Pete looked like he wanted to walk toward her, but then he fell back against the car. The staring contest between them for almost a minute, and finally Pete exhaled loudly. It's okay,' he said.” ThinkingFeelsDoeSaidI CanSometimesHappensWantedWaitingWalksMinutesCarNormalLettersOkayStaringContests Book:The Key To The Golden Firebird Source: The Key To The Golden Firebird
“And now I know it is perfectly natural for me not to look at someone when I talk. Those of us with Asperger's are just not comfortable doing it. In fact, I don'treally understand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs.” KnowsLooksFactsNaturalNormalComfortableStaringAutismEyeballsAspergersPerfectly Natural Author:John Elder Robison