At the end of things ... (Hexagram 64)


This is not the end of ­everything; it is the beginning of immense diversity. The universe keeps on creating new forms. Why should that trouble us? We may be perishable, but creativity and creation are not.


(Erica Jong, in her review of Diana Athill's memoir, Somewhere Towards the End ... Link to review: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/books/review/Jong-t.html?_r=1&ref=books)

Photo: "Creation," by Spencer Jimmie Lee

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Sybil Archibald said…
Beautiful quote thank you.

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