We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the 'ideas' with which we have learned to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience. Joan Didion actualdisparateexperience share on social
Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be. James Stephens carelesslycuriositydeath Change image and share on social
'Faith and Will' sprang from my personal experience with passing through a dark spiritual time. Julia Cameron darkexperiencefaith Change image and share on social
Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. Benjamin Whorf definedeviceexperience Change image and share on social
At 3-D Imax theaters, audiences have shown they are willing to pay a premium to wear headgear fitted with liquid-crystal lenses synchronized via infrared signals with the movie projector, which runs at twice the normal frame rate. These movie viewers plumb new depths in depth perception - they experience extreme realism. Charles Platt audiencecrystaldepth share on social
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience. Paul Cezanne abilitydailyemotion Change image and share on social
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. Ansel Adams experienceexplorationfind Change image and share on social
As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So in physics, lots of the basic building blocks take 20th- or perhaps 21st-century equipment to explore. Edward Witten 20th21stbasic share on social
Empathy begins with understanding life from another person's perspective. Nobody has an objective experience of reality. It's all through our own individual prisms. Sterling K. Brown beginempathyexperience Change image and share on social
Work is a substitute religious experience for many workaholics. Mary Daly experiencereligioussubstitute Change image and share on social