"Man's most important problem is not being but living. To live means to be at the crossroads. There are many forces and drives within the self. What direction to take? is a question we face again and again.
Who am I? A mere chip from the block of being? Am I not both the chisel and the marble? Being and foreseeing? Being and bringing into being?"
"giver of form"
"This is why God as creator is called dator formarum, 'giver of form,' the latter word needing to be understood in the philosophical sense which naturally goes beyond the concept of the visible or material form, and designates the whole nature as being under consideration . . .
. . . the artisan's gestures are a reflection of this divine activity, and are like its continuation, whether is be the gestures of the quarryman, the potter, or any other artisan."
- Jean Hani, Divine Craftsmanship: Preliminaries to a Spirituality of Work
Making the World Our Own
"We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light."
- Hildegard von Bingen
How does writing (or any art-making) help us engage with this "terror . . . to take back our own listening . . . our own voice . . . our own light"?
What practices do you have for owning your own voice?