“To write is to carve a new path through the terrain of the imagination, or to point out new features on a familiar route. To read is to travel through that terrain with the author as a guide-- a guide one might not always agree with or trust, but who can at least be counted on to take one somewhere.” WritingMightImaginationPathAgreeGuidesFamiliarFeaturesRoutesTerrainNew Paths Book:Wanderlust: A History of Walking Source: Wanderlust: A History of Walking
“Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island of second, where foes lurk in the reefs and the green sea suddenly grows deeper, then to turn sharply, skimming the shallows, making for a shore that will show a friendly face, a color, a familiar language and, at third, to proceed, no longer by paths indirect but straight, to home.” FirstsShowsHomeFacesTurnsLanguageGrowsPathJourneySeaColorBaseballThirdsGreenDeeperSpeedFamiliarIslandsFriendlyShoreFoeTheftIndirectHomecomingReefsGuileSkimmingFriendly Faces Book:A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti Source: A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
“You hear the beginning of a melody, you should kind of know it's going to lead down this path. It should start feeling like a friend, like familiar.” KnowsShouldKindFeelingsPathFamiliarMelody Author:Danny Elfman
“My ability to adapt has always stood out. I've been immersed in many worlds and have had the influence of many things in my upbringing so I'm familiar with so many styles of living, so many characters, so many life paths and its just easy to simulate for me.” WorldCharacterEasyAbilityPathInfluenceStyleFamiliarUpbringingLife PathSimulateAbility To Adapt Author:Aeriel Miranda
“If you decide to go on a Buddhist path, you have to be careful if you start mixing a lot of different traditions you are not totally familiar with - mixing this kind of meditation with that kind of practice or this kind of visualization with that kind of mantra. Then you really are concocting your own thing, and you have no idea what is going to happen.” IfsKindIdeasDifferentHappensPracticePathMeditationGoes OnTraditionCarefulFamiliarBuddhistNo IdeaBe CarefulVisualizationMantrasMixing Author:Sakyong Mipham