I can elect something I love and absorb myself in it.
There's a lot of uncertainty that's not clear in my mind.
And now, will y'all stand and be recognized.
I cannot tell you how grateful I am - I am filled with humidity.
This is unparalyzed in the state's history.
I am filled with humidity.
I want to thank each and every one of you for having extinguished yourselves this session.
I'm always going to be making costumes. It's one of the ways I relax my brain. In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head - learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.
Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.
We're not troubled at all, but I think. . . Well, we're Scandinavians! We're Vikings and we have a lot of blackness in our souls.