“I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it” —Yann Martel
An old saw
Life is a puzzle
Coping solves
Fitting in is the greatest barrier to belonging —Brene Brown
Big picture
The art of coping
Capes and gulfs
You do learn how to cope from those who are coping —Matthew Desmond
Recesses
Mate with processes
Hand in glove
It’s been proven that fitting more activity into your day can greatly improve your health —Pierre Dukan
Tabs and slots
Exposure, closure
Hold the thought
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem —Virginia Satir
Open bays
Shape peninsulas
Rock the dock
You have to laugh through hard things, right? How else do you cope? —Carmen Cusack
An old saw
Grinds no teeth chewing
Scenery
We can’t be as good as we’d want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness? —Nick Hornby
Erasing
Strife’s interfaces
Graces life
The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible —Jack Nicklaus
Different strokes
Contiguous tropes
Passing boats
Reality is just a crutch for people who can’t cope with drugs —Robin Williams
Drift the rifts
Meander canyons
Oceans part
Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results —Seth Godin
Continents
Embrace Pangea
Coping art
Creativity is how we cope with creation. While creation sometimes seems a bit un-graspable, or even pointless, creativity is always meaningful —Vik Muniz
An old saw
Life is a puzzle
Coping solves
The cooperative, loving side of existence goes hand in hand with coping and power, but neither the one nor the other can be neglected if life is to be gratifying —Rollo May
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GODSLAUGH.ME 
It’s definitely so art can come from a sense of not fitting in the world. It can be therapeutic and a way of communicating things we can’t use our words for in a normal way.
Yes, though fitting in creates comfort zones for joiners, discomfort serves the healing arts. Thank for you visit and comment, sir. Best wishes.
Yann is correct. Great work, E Sum/muS E
Thank you, Geo. I thought Yann was a pan flute player, You reminded me to reread The Life of Pi.
I had to look him up myself. To quote Woody “How wrong Emily Dickinson was! Hope is not “the thing with feathers.” The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich.”
Lucky he knew a Swiss quill plucker. Most are in Tailand, I read in a Dr. Siri novel.
That’s really funny!
❤
David
yes, and the rest of us have to cope with the lack of eccentricity in most people 🤣 thanks for the compilation, cog
Oh, the centricity! 🙂
The truth is funny to humans who think it’s a joke. 🙂
:-p
That emoji gives you wiggle room. 🙂
I really liked Coping 9 and Nickalous quote. I sure try to stay out of trouble but it keeps finding me. (Or probably I keep finding it!)
Thanks, LuAnne, for, ah, troubling to visit. 🙂