Amusement is a way of boredom-avoidance through external stimulation that fails to exercise our minds. It's mere diversion.
We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.
Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Those who are standing by are usually thinking of something very different.
In this day and age, especially with all the media and television, social media, and the Internet, we are constantly being compared and comparing ourselves to others' lives and journeys. Keep your eyes on your own road.
If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.
The view outside was much more important than the exhibits.
I tried hard not to think about the scope or scale of making a record that would be heard by millions and millions of people. I did a pretty good job of tuning that out.
Everything intercepts us from ourselves.
Our minds are susceptible to the influence of external voices telling us what we require to be satisfied, voices that may drown out the faint sounds emitted by our souls and distract us from the careful, arduous task of accurately naming our priorities.
I focus on myself and my teammates. I don't really care about what other people have going on, to be honest.
We compensate for what we don't do internally by projecting and allowing our minds to be marinated in chronic fantasy.
