It is myself I have never met whose face is pasted on the underside of my mind
Interpretation
The quote explores the idea of self-identity and the inner conflict of understanding oneself.
Sarah Kane's quote reflects on the concept of self-awareness and the struggle to truly know oneself. It suggests that often we create a facade or conception of our identity, which is hidden from our conscious perception, leading to a disconnect between who we think we are and who we truly are. This introspective idea underscores the complexity of human psychology and the challenge of self-discovery.
In practice
In a motivational talk about personal growth.
I dread the loss of her I've never touched love keeps me a slave in a cage of tears I gnaw my tongue with which to her I can never speak I miss a woman who was never born I kiss a woman across the years that say we shall never meet Everything passes Everything perishes Everything palls my thought walks away with a killing smile leaving discordant anxiety which roars in my soul No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope
I hate the idea of theatre just being an evening pastime. It should be emotionally and intellectually demanding. I love football. The level of analysis that you listen to on the terraces is astonishing. If people did that in the theatre... but they don't. They expect to sit back and not participate.
A small girl became increasingly paralysed by her parents' frequently violent rows. Sometimes she would spend hours standing completely still in the toilet, simply because that was where she happened to be when the fight began. Finally, in moments of calm, she would take bottles of milk from the fridge or doorstep and leave them in places where she may later become trapped. Her parents were unable to understand why they found bottles of sour milk in every room in the house.
A million years of evolution, Eric said bitterly, and what are we? Animals.
He has come to the most dreadful conclusion a literary man can come to, the conclusion that the ordinary view is the right one. It is only the last and wildest kind of courage that can stand on a tower before ten thousand people and tell them that twice two is four.
My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.
What each man honours before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God.
There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
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