People From Columbus

"# They are accustomed to a relatively unstructured and unsupervised research and discovery process and feel comfortable with nonconformity."

"# They learn about the kinds of creativity that leads to visionary solutions"

"The world needs specialists and highly trained people with advanced degrees, no question about it. But the world also needs diversity and versatility. It needs people who know as much about our value system as they do about our solar system system."

"I don’t expect them to build a big stone monument to me; that’s not my goal in life. I’d like to think that if I did anything extraordinary, it was the work that we did in getting the corporation ready for the 21st century."

"We hope this car will be less labor intensive, less material intensive, less everything intensive than anything we have done before."

"Liberal Arts may ultimately prove to be the most relevant learning model. People trained in the Liberal Arts learn to tolerate ambiguity and to bring order out of apparent confusion. They have the kind of sideways thinking and cross-classifying habit of mind that comes from learning, among other things, the many different ways of looking at literary works, social systems, chemical processes or languages."

"The older you get the stronger the wind gets—and it’s always in your face."

"It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus."

"I would never deny that Jack Nicklaus is the greatest player who ever lived."

"Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., in a mordant protest written soon after the election, found the intellectual “in a situation he has not known for a generation.” After twenty years of Democratic rule, during which the intellectual had been in the main understood and respected, business had come back into power, bringing with it “the vulgarization which has been the almost invariable consequence of business supremacy.”"

"Let us by all means teach black history, African history, women’s history, Hispanic history, Asian history. But let us teach them as history, not as filiopietistic commemoration. The purpose of history is to promote not group self-esteem, but understanding of the world and the past, dispassionate analysis, judgment, and perspective, respect for divergent cultures and traditions, and unflinching protection for those unifying ideas of tolerance, democracy, and human rights that make free historical inquiry possible."

"With the slow and halting development, in late years, of what is styled "social history," male scholars, and occasionally a female scholar, have gradually manifested more consciousness that women had been in history and had done something, whatever it was, in the making of history. As to the state of things before this movement for the writing of social history was well launched, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, one of the pioneers in it, appropriately commented in his New Viewpoints in American History (1922): "An examination of the standard histories of the United States and of the history textbooks in use in our schools raises the pertinent question whether women have ever made a contribution to American national progress that is worthy of record. If the silence of the historians is taken to mean anything, it would appear that one-half of our population have been negligible factors in our country's history"...At all events Professor Schlesinger's appeal of 1922 for some consideration of women's contributions to the making of history effected no immediate revolution in the thinking of his guild. How completely it could be ignored was illustrated in 1940, nearly twenty years later, in The Course of American Democratic Thought: An Intellectual History since 1815, by Ralph H. Gabriel."

"Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it."

"[F]ascism and communism are clearly more like each other than they are like anything in between."

"The purpose of democratic statecraft is, or should be, to find the means of ordered liberty in a world condemned to everlasting change."

"The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history."

"Fascists were not conservative in any very meaningful sense... in a meaningful sense, were revolutionaries."

"Alex Grey is one of the mast widely recognized psychedelic artists of our time. His paintings — they’ve graced Nirvana's In Utero and the Beastie Boys' Ill Communication albums, as well as the covers of High Times — peel back reality, showing the human body in ways both spiritual and startling. To see his work is to get a crash course in human anatomy, higher consciousness and magic."

"You can never be lost. When have you ever been apart from me?"

"I subject my awareness to the perfection of being, The perfection of wisdom and perfection of love, All of these being co-present in the Vast Expanse. I share this panorama of Being And appreciate all I can share it with… The seamless interweaving of consciousness With each moment Create perfection wherever you go With your awareness."

"The infinite vibratory levels, The dimensions of interconnectedness Are without end. There is nothing independent. All beings and things are residents in your awareness."

"Life is infinite creative play. Enjoyment and participation in this creative play Is the artists profound joy. We co-author every moment With universal creativity."

"I acknowledge the privilege of being alive In a human body at this moment, Endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, And the space of mind in its wisdom aspect."

"Between our fear of failure And our ultimate potential We are called to action, A line must be drawn. Commit to Realization And experimentation, Stay centered in the Uncreated Source of Creation, Leave the critics behind. Let Love draw the line."

"It is the prayer of my innermost being To realize my supreme identity In the liberated play of consciousness, The Vast Expanse. Now is the moment, Here is the place of Liberation."

"Love is what makes us alive, That is why we feel so alive when we love. Service is being available to love. Life is the combustion of love. That we love ourselves here, That is the true magnificence In the mountains of being."

"We separate. We oppose. We dramatize. We exaggerate. We add colors. We make it beautiful. We make it ugly. We separate."

"Drawing the line, The Boundary line Between this form and that Is what the mind does."

"Behold, Just Behold. To speechlessly and artlessly Behold the Infinite One, The inseparable ground from whence all forms are drawn, Dissolves the tyranny of separation, The war of opposites, Caused by drawing lines."

"Mystic Art affirms the holy mystery and the ideals of truth, goodness and beauty. No other artistic ideal can fulfill the longing soul like the creation and appreciation of relevant sacred art."

"40. ALL CREATURES ARE HOLY AND EACH ARE GOD’S CHILDREN. REVERE AND PROTECT THEM AND THEIR HOME."

"Universal Creativity, Flow through me, From my heart Through my mind to my hand, Infuse my work with spirit To feed hungry souls."

"All Beings and Things are radiances interweaving, Seamlessly welded to the boundless ground."

"We are constantly drawing the line between love and not love — Enter into the Non-duality Zone. All judgements dissolve in the Vast Expanse."

"uni : one verse : poem or song Godself sings one song moment by moment with infinite variations"

"A universal spiritual art would be art that any person would recognize as having a spiritual intention. It could speak to the heart and soul of the individual and orient them toward the greater aspect of their own being, their interconnectedness with all life and the cosmos. A universal spiritual art would return the viewer to their own ultimate identity, which lies beyond representation, but can be pointed to when our inspired visions are brilliantly transmitted. The challenge to artists today is to integrate the vast history of art from as many cultures as possible, to reach deep inside themselves for their own personal insights into the transcendental and allow this to coalesce into the most powerful imagery possible."

"People generally begin to understand my work after they’ve had some experience with the subtle visionary inner-worlds. These altered states can occur in many ways, from meditation to psychedelics to near-death experiences. A fellow in Japan came to my exhibit and showed me a five-inch elliptical scar over his heart where he had been struck nearly dead by lightning. He claimed that he had entered the "universal mind lattice," one of the "sacred mirrors" I’ve painted, during his near-death experience. What these various experiences or altered states have in common is the person who experiences them is profoundly transformed. They now know there are dimensions beyond the physical that are deeply mysterious and equally infinite to the outer worlds."

"The Sacred Mirrors speak to our highest aspirations as a species: universal compassion, respect for all life, a deep appreciation of all cultures and wisdom traditions, awakened consciousness and a full flowering of our human potential. In a "chapel of beauty," they could contribute to the radical raising of awareness we so desperately need if we are to successfully navigate our way to a saner, more loving and life-affirming civilization."

"Our current artistic dilemma is to wake up To the truth that we are the One Godself, Creating the Universe — Every day."

"Art can be a spiritual practice. Not all artists consider this to be true for them, but with the proper motivation and focus, it can be. A spiritual practice is an activity that enables you to develop the qualities of mental clarity, mindfulness of the moment, wisdom, compassion and access to revelations of higher mystic states of awareness. A contemplative method, such as yoga or meditation, will stabilize and assist in the progress of spiritual awareness. An artist’s craft can become a contemplative method, and the creations may provide outward signs of an inner spiritual journey."

"We seek through art To recover our center, To remember our soul's task, To stop sleepwalking in confusion, To stop managing our depression, To harness the passion of inexhaustible love, To find the One Godself Hidden throughout creation, Art is the scab healing the wound Of the separate self-illusion."

"Creators aligned with Divine Will Make the soul perceptible. Artist priests with minimal dogma Transfix, transform, and evolve The chaotic melding of cultures, Through the dross of ego To superconsciousness fusion With the Nature-field."

"22. BECOME A WORTHY CONDUIT OF GOD’S LOVE AND CREATIVE POWER OF REALIZATION. 23. LIKE A LIGHTNING FLASH, WHEN CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT, THE LIGHT SUDDENLY FILLS US, ILLUMINATING THE WORLD FOR AN INSTANT."

"36. HUMANITY MUST BE AWAKENED, AND CREATIVE SPIRITUALITY HAS A VITAL AND HEALING ROLE IN THE ARCHETYPE OF AN UNDOGMATIC AND LOVINGLY ECSTATIC RELIGION. ALL ARE CALLED TO SEE THEIR OWN DIVINE BEAUTY AND UNFINISHED MASTERPIECE STATUS. 37. BUILDING SACRED SPACE TOGETHER IS A TASK BEYOND OUR INDIVIDUALITY TO WHICH WE CAN DEDICATE OURSELVES AND PROVE THE POSSIBILITY OF PEOPLE GETTING ALONG AND MAKING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER. 38. THE DAWN OF PLANETARY CONSCIOUSNESS IS UP TO EACH OF US AS ARTISTS OF INNER LIGHT."

"42. PRESERVATION AND RENEWAL OF WHAT REMAINS OF THE LIFEWEB IS STILL A POSSIBILITY. 43. SCIENCE AND SPIRIT MUST COMBINE FORCES THROUGHOUT ART, BRIDGING KNOWLEDGE WITH WISDOM, ENTERING HISTORY THROUGH CREATIVE ACTION. 44. FORGIVENESS OF HUMANITY BY THE WEB OF LIFE WILL BEGIN WHEN RITUALS OF CONFESSION OF WRONGDOING ARE ENACTED WORLDWIDE AND PRAYERS FOR HEALING THE LIFEWEB ARE COLLECTIVELY ENGAGED. 45. WHETHER OR NOT THE NEW ALLIANCE OF COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCES CAN SAVE THE UNFINISHED MASTERPIECE OF LIFE ON EARTH IS UNKNOWN; HOWEVER, THE PLAN IS UNDER WAY."

"Mystic Art is spirit expressed into matter. A mystic artist receives and transmits revelation, providing their art as a medium for messages from the divine matrix of Creation."

"Embryonic artworks grow In the womb heart of the artists, Until the fever of making seizes their limbs, And they deliver their art through labors of love."

"Bathe your eyes in images Divine, All Heaven unfolds, the opposites combine. Your eyes become temple domes for the Pleides Crystalline mandalas inhabited by Deities. Blessing every moment you see As glimpses of eternity."

"Our minds are artists, always drawing lines. Making decisions, differentiating One thing from another, Calling it something. This is the way we know. This is how we think. We define by drawing the line."

"I was bom on November 29, 1953, which makes me a Sagittarius. I'm no astrologer, but I am interested in its symbols. The Sagittarian is a centaur archer aiming for the stars. You could say this is the sign of a philosophical idealist, someone who aims high. The horse/human hybrid aiming higher unites the animal body, the human mind and the flaming-arrow spirit. Sagittarius is also a fire sign; fire shows up strongly as a motif in my work."