Defining the Road to Follow.....

My New Years wishes are vast, but they are not about hoping for less disappointments and failures, instead I will attempt to be more flexible in my ideas, thoughts and set ideals.

On the first day of 2014, I noticed people writing on blogs and face book, 'it is time to let go of the past and move forward'.... 

Why do people feel threatened by their past mistakes, failures and lack of something that is often too hard to articulate?  Why do we feel the need to let it go, forget and march forward with a new found inner courage? 

A person's history does not begin with the birth but rather has roots that extend much further into the past.  Knowing about these roots help us understand the here-and-now.  We need not be frightened of the past but rather reflect, dream and then we find our own humanity; A crucial tool in Art.


Perhaps if we learnt more about Art, Writing and Expression we would naturally understand our unique selves. Our unique lives.  And, not feel such a strong need to 'wipe the slate clean', but to embrace the imperfections.  In Art, the imperfections make a painting interesting.

'It is impossible to predict the time of a philosophical Renaissance. One can only define the road to follow, but not it's length. What is certain, however, is that every aspect of Western Culture needs a new code of ethics- a rational ethics- as a precondition of rebirth . And no aspect needs it more desperately than the realm of art'.  Ayn Rand. The esthetic vacuum of our age.

Happy New Year.  Kind thoughts, Sophie