Hello Apprentices-- Three cookies for you this muggy February Monday. First, one of my favorite quotes, from noted novelist and theologian Frederick Buechner (to whom I once wrote a fan letter, and he wrote back!!)… “Doubt is the ants in the pants of faith.” If your faith, or your art, or your politics, are intractable, are unable to be challenged, are unable to be questioned… what does that actually say about said faith, or art, or belief? It says, that on a deep level where most of us don’t like to visit, we don’t trust that the truth can hold up to scrutiny. Which begs the question… is that truth truly true? Stagnation leads to rot. In rehearsal. In performance. In relationships. In beliefs. DOUBT… lets in air. Allows water and sun to filter. Creates room for growth and discovery of newer/better/deeper truths. The ants in the pants metaphor is so hilariously simple and apt. Ya gotta keep moving, keep jiving, keep looking for ways to encounter each doubt, so that your belief and your art can be stronger, more supple, more earned, more vital.
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Bob
2/21/2019 10:01:19 pm
That’s why I have RUle #1: I can’t believe everything I think.
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