#metaphysical

Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#cannot #creation #development #does #final

Dreams link us to those who have already left this life. ↗

— Doug Dillon

#dreams #dying #immortality #inspiration #metaphysical

The vibrations he felt in his sleep had nothing to do with his soul easing out of his body as he dreamily thought; they came solely from the weight and motion of the freight train rolling north to deliver fuel, furniture and other items having no relevance to Elijah’s life or his dreaming. On the metal rail his arm itched like a nose with a feeling that something bad was about to happen. In another life the sound of the train would have been reminiscent of certain songs by Muddy Waters or even Bruce Springsteen but not in this one. In this life the sound stabbed viciously against the night exactly like a human being demonstrating flawless disrespect for the life of another human being. --from short story ELIJAH’S SKIN ↗

— Aberjhani

#parables #philosophical-inquiry #short-fiction #short-story #dreams

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is. ↗

— Martha Beck

#certain #constantly #eclectic #exactly #feel

One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

#emotions #may #metaphysical #regard #sort

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it. ↗

— Claes Oldenburg

#chicago #death #elegance #metaphysical #strange

Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad. ↗

— Carlos Castaneda

#metaphysical #spiritual #nature

How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask-half our great theological and metaphysical problems-are like that. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#metaphysics #nonsense #questioning-mind #questions #theology

Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks. ↗

— Aberjhani

#dreams #faith #famous-quotes-from-classic-books #haiku #haikus

Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else. ↗

— Wayne Coyne

#alone #amazing #comfort #cure #else