On Expression

I often find that the most common obstacle many of us face is our fear of expression. Whether it be anger, grief or love, we resist allowing ourselves the freedom to truly express ourselves. Perhaps because we’re afraid we’ll be “found out” - that our true selves are simply intolerable to others. Unfortunately, much of our life goes by, couching our expression or tailoring it so it seems more palatable to others.
Today, express your true feelings. Nobody will break. And if they do, that’s their problem, isn’t it?
The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.
Michael Jackson
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
Ansel Adams
Rock ‘n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
Frank Sinatra
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
George Bernard Shaw
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
George Bernard Shaw
I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.
Johnny Depp
My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
John Lennon
Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.
W. Somerset Maugham
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
Madonna Ciccone
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
Amy Tan
One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.
Howard Zinn

Quote by W. C. Doane

Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself.

Beyond The Horizon

Beyond The Horizon

However vast the world may seem to be, it always comes to an end as it approaches the horizon. Looking at the horizon you will find opposite dimensions coming together, letting go of everything, even their differences.

Our life goes through a lot of phases. The first phase is when we hit off with something, the second, when we reach the zenith of it. The third, we start wandering aimlessly and finally, we approach the horizon.

On reaching the horizon you can either lose yourself to it or conquer it, and set off looking for new heights and horizons.

To conquer a horizon, you need to let go of everything you are holding back, apart from memories. Cry your heart out, if that is what it takes to let go of things completely. But whatever you do, don't think of backing off, or ask 'why me?' for someone, somewhere (read God) thinks that you are capable of it. So live up to the faith invested in you.

This year I too achieved new heights, approached horizons and eventually conquered them. I too had to let go of a lot of things, dreams, friends and relationships included. With a heavy heart and sea of tears, I finally managed to bid them good-bye, but somehow my dream managed to come back. And now I am setting off in a new direction, on a journey of a lifetime, in the hope of achieving new heights and exploring new dimensions.

--- Copyright © 2011 by Priya Agarwal