There are certain children who are told they are too sensitive, and there are certain adults who believe sensitivity is a problem that can be fixed in the way that crooked teeth can be fixed and made straight. And when these two come together you get a fairytale, a kind of story with hopelessness in it.
I believe there is something in these old stories that does what singing does to words. They have transformational capabilities, in the way melody can transform mood.
They can't transform your actual situation, but they can transform your experience of it. We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay. I believe we have always done this, used images to stand and understand what otherwise would be intolerable.
Tag: imagination sensitive
And I could tell she loved him. And although she was an evil fungus growing on 200 pounds of irritated lard, her feelings were real.
Lynda BarryWe don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.
Lynda BarryNo matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.
Lynda Barryi believe [images] are the soul's immune system and transit system.
Lynda BarryThe thing i call 'my mind' seems to be kind of like a landlord that doesn't really know its tenants.
Lynda BarryWhat year is it in your imagination?
Lynda BarryTag: imagination
At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.
Lynda Barryi didn't know there were different lines of aliveness, and two worlds contained by each other.
Lynda BarryWhat is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.
Lynda BarryTag: imagination
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