Looking outward

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'What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen.'

Quote often attributed to Henry David Thoreau or Ralph Waldo Emerson but sourced to Henry S. Haskins, Meditations in Wall Street.

'It is the brain which does the thinking, not the thought; it is the soul which moves us forward, not ourself.'

crossroads

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'Stand at the crossroads and look,
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls.'

Jeremiah 6:16

The unconventional David Walsh

Reflection MONA by Tracey Croke, Flicker creative commons

'I feel fear ... it's very rational that I feel fear in terms of a biological response. It makes sense to have built into me something that makes me fear death ... The sheer fact that I can face death is a huge privilege ... the chance of me being here is astronomical ... I had to go through incredibly fortuitous process to have the opportunity to contemplate death ... so I hope that I'm rational enough that  every time I think - soon I'll be dead -  I think, but right now I'm well and truly alive. That's the great privilege of facing death, having the opportunity to contemplate it in the first place ... '

November 2014, David Walsh, founder of Museum of Old and New Art.
Interviewed by Phillip Adams at Sydney Writers' Festival
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/public-forum-with-david-walsh-and-phillip-adams/5960560