Success is not always what we see…

Steven Soderbergh: The State of Cinema

http://kottke.org/13/05/steven-soderbergh-the-state-of-cinema “But before we talk about movies we should talk about art in general, if that’s possible. Given all the incredible suffering in the world I wonder, what is art for, really? If the collected works of Shakespeare can’t prevent genocide then really, what is it for? Shouldn’t we be spending the time and resources […]

Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves

Affective Prayer by Ronald Rolheiser

One of the classic definitions of prayer tells us that prayer is raising mind and heart to God. In essence, that says it all. The problem is that often we raise our minds but not our hearts. Our prayer tends to be intellectual but not affective and we tend to think of prayer more as […]