"The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else."
–– Elias Canetti (1905-1994), Bulgarian-born novelist
Source: Linda Trichler Metcalf and Tobin Simon. Writing the Mind Alive: The Proprioceptive Method for Finding Your Authentic Voice. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002, p. 1.
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, p. 22.
"Old men ought to be explorers
Here or there does not matter
We must be still and still moving
Into another intensity
For a further union, a deeper communion
Through the dark cold and empty desolation,
The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters
Of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning."
T.S. Eliot. Four Quartets: East Coker V excerpt
–– T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), American-born British author
via: Sketchbook A (oatmeal), 2015, p. 10
