"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."

Douglas Adams

"And above all watch with glittering eyes the world all around you because the greatest secrets are hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it."

Roald Dahl

“Something of God flows into us from the blue of the sky, the taste of honey, the delicious embrace of water whether cold or hot, and even from sleep itself.

  — C.S. Lewis

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excerpt from Festus, Philip James Bailey

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"Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of His great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing."

Isaiah 40:26

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My best theory is this: When we are children, we invent these detailed imaginary worlds that the child psychologists call ‘paracosms.’ These landscapes, sometimes complete with imaginary beasts, heroes and laws, help us orient ourselves in reality. They are structured mental communities that help us understand the wider world.

We carry this need for paracosms into adulthood. It’s a paradox that the artists who have the widest global purchase are also the ones who have created the most local and distinctive story landscapes. Millions of people around the world are ferociously attached to Tupac Shakur’s version of Compton or J.K. Rowling’s version of a British boarding school or Downton Abbey’s or Brideshead Revisited’s version of an Edwardian estate.

Millions of people know the contours of these remote landscapes, their typical characters, story lines, corruptions and challenges. If you build a passionate and highly localized moral landscape, people will come.

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I find this fascinating and look forward to reading more.

The Power of the Particular – David Brooks, who has previously admonished about the dangerous division of intuition and rationality, makes a case for finding your particularity and making it your purpose.

Brooks is the author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement.

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"In order to be habitually creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative, but good planning alone won’t won’t make your efforts successful; it’s only after you let go of your plans that you can breathe life into your efforts."

Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit - Learn it and Use it for Life

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Characters you need for an epic tale by Tom Gauld, who brought us the wonderful Both.

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares drop off like autumn leaves."

– John Muir