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silence was pleased


With Charlie Gavins

Coaching & Strategic Consultancy
for artists and their teams                


→ 1. why are we here?


Good question. Something we’ll spend our lives deciding. For some inspiration explore below:

   

“You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.”

- Nina Simone




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“I'm just the vehicle. I'm just the messenger.”  
- Miles Davis

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“It's the artist's responsibility to balance mystical communication and the labor of creation.”
- Patti Smith


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“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.”
- David Bowie




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“The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind.”
- Terrence McKenna





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“If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth: Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.”
- Kabir



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“Silence accompanied; for beast and bird,
They to their grassy couch, these to their nests
Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale;
She all night long her amorous descant sung;
Silence was pleased: Now glowed the firmament
With living sapphires...”

- John Milton, Paradise Lost