When you start to think of the arts as not this thing that is going to get you somewhere in terms of becoming an artist or becoming famous or whatever it is that people do, but rather a way of making being in the world not just bearable, but fascinating, then it starts to get interesting again.
At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.
Sometimes, I think the only art left for us is slowly peeling the label off a beer bottle while somebody tells you about a dream they had.
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.
