Nothing is owed to us in life, not even the innocence of a blue sky. Great art is the art of thankfulness for the abundance of every moment. Writing is a Chinese variant of this thankfulness, a courtesy to life in its cloak of nothing, lined with love.

Christian Bobin
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Words can change the world, but they are useless unless they come from the heart. If you write to express what feels right, then your words will take shape into beautiful art. The deeper you go into nature, the more you realize that your experience is only a part of the many experiences of this world. Even though we might feel like we know everything about nature, it’s actually much more than that.

The ancient Chinese knew this and they used their art to tell stories about nature. The deeper you go into nature, the more you realize that a single person experiences a small part of the world. The more you write about nature, the more you realize how much there is to write about.

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