78 pages

Grifo Edizioni, Italy, 2009; Mosquito, France, 2010

 

I will knock on the window and you will see me through your window.
Then I will knock on the door and you will see me standing at your door.
Then I will enter your home and you will recognize me.
Then I will enter inside of you and nobody will see me, nobody will recognize me,
except you.

You will see me at your window.

You will see me at your door.

 

- Daniil Harms, 1931

 

“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”

 

- John Lennon