“The artist's work, it is sometimes said, is to celebrate. But really that is not so; it is to express wonder. And something terrible resides at the heart of wonder. Celebration is social, amenable. Wonder has a chaotic splendor.” HeartArtSaidSometimesArtistSocialWonderTerribleCelebrateWorking ItCelebrationChaoticSplendorAmenable Book:Spillville: A Collaboration Source: Spillville: A Collaboration
“I was over in Australia during Easter, which was really interesting. You know, they celebrate Easter the exact same way we do, commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus by telling our children that a giant bunny rabbit left chocolate eggs in the night. Now I wonder why we're f-ked up as a race. I've read the Bible. I can't find the word "bunny" or "chocolate" anywhere in the f-king book.” KnowsWayChildrenI CanBookNightJesusLeftInterestingRaceWonderKingsOur ChildrenCelebrateGiantsAustraliaEggsChocolateResurrectionEasterRabbitsReally InterestingBunniesJesus ResurrectionKedsChocolate EggsBunny Rabbits Author:Bill Hicks
“Sometimes God picks you up and tells you, "You've been messing around now. You're going to have to stop this, stop that, but I'll give you another chance." And you wonder why you're given another chance. It must be for something; it must be to celebrate life.” GivingSometimesGivenChanceWonderPicksCelebrateAnother ChanceCelebrate Life Author:Martin Scorsese
“Doesn't anyone wonder why the NAACP does not have events celebrating the first black woman secretary of state?.. Why does an organization whose mission is to advance the lot of blacks not celebrate Clarence Thomas, our black Supreme Court justice?” FirstsDoeStatesBlackJusticeWonderEventsOrganizationCourtMissionsSupremeCelebrateSecretarySupreme CourtBlack WomenSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticeNaacp Author:Star Parker
“Every time someone in your life dies, you realize you're not invincible and you have to wonder if we're celebrating life or if we're mourning a death.” IfsDiesRealizingWonderCelebrateMourningInvincibleCelebrate Life Author:Emily Bett Rickards
“I want language to help us live in a world of wonder/terror/change. I want it to be about "becoming" rather than "being." I think that being and nouns are part of our hopeless dream that time will stop and we will not die. but it's not that way. So, why not celebrate verbs and the beloved's metamorphosis into other people or creatures or places - the same spirit but moving through things, not static.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantHelpingDreamMovingSpiritDiesLanguageWonderBecomingCreaturesTerrorCelebrateBelovedHopelessWhy NotStaticVerbsMetamorphosisNouns Author:Gregory Orr