Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant.
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People who are tremendously concerned about their identification, their individuality, their self-expression, or their sense of humor, always seem to be missing the very things they pursue.
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No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?
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By Modernism I mean the positive rejection of the past and the blind belief in the process of change, in novelty for its own sake, in the idea that progress through time equates with cultural progress; in the cult of individuality, originality and self-expression.
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Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.
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We have a mad room where they can work off anger or frustrations, a lot of crafts and self-expression.
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My interest lies in my self-expression -- what's inside of me -- not what I'm in.
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