I am living in the village of st paul de vence on the french riviera and this place has been home to great artists including James Baldwin
James Baldwin spend his final years in this wonderful village writing away his thoughts , i am lucky to have encountered his thoughts. I am sharing some of these here , spread the message .
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.
People can cry much easier than they can change.
These are some of the wonderful thoughts his mind shared with us, do come for a visit to saint paul de vence. Les amis des James Baldwin are helping people understand this wonderful minds journey in St paul , they will be opening office soon in Saint Paul de vence(Atelier Om in my office only ) . They are working to conserve the house where he lived which is unfortunately going down the bling bling development route.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/arts/battling-to-save-james-baldwins-home-in-the-south-of-france.html
We all need to unite and bring James Baldwins dreams into reality. We have to presevere in our actions to break up the reality which makes us fight on petty things. We have to forge a new society which opens portals for integration and harmony .
Dr Sunny Sandhu
www.atelierom.guru