If you want to
If you want to find the trail, if you want to find yourself, you must explore your dreams alone. You must grow at a slow pace in a dark cocoon of loneliness so you can fly like wind, like wings, when you awaken. Francesca Lia Block
Cocoons
Most people walk around
Most people walk around with headphones on. They’re barely encountering or dealing with their fellow person, or if they’re in a car they’re in this kind of cocoon, stuck in suburban rush hour traffic or something. DJ Spooky
I thought I was
I thought I was growing wings— it was a cocoon. I thought, now is the time to step into the fire— it was deep water. Eschatology is a word I learned as a child: the study of Last Things; facing my mirror—no longer young, the news—always of death, the dogs—rising from sleep and clamoring and … Read more
As a child I
As a child I made a pact with my mother. I agreed that we were doomed, that she and I abided together in a cocoon of melancholy. Darcey Steinke
Basically, actors arrive in
Basically, actors arrive in a bubble. They have a little sealed bubble around them and it’s basically [comprised of] their agents, their last film, their next film, their press agent, and their per diems – all these things, they cocoon themselves with and you have to puncture that bubble on each of them to make … Read more
I hate the road
I hate the road so much. I almost go into a cocoon with my own people out there. Dan Fogelberg
It was always a
It was always a thrill for me, getting out of the cocoon and wandering. I’d let the wind wrap around me like fire and slip into the unknown with a moment’s hesitation. Corey Taylor
In your cocoon, occasionally
In your cocoon, occasionally you shout complaints, such as, Leave me alone! Bug off! I want to be who I am!… which comes from fighting against your environment… You can raise your head and just take a little peek out of the cocoon… The environment is friendly. It is called Planet Earth. Chogyam Trungpa
Then, we realize that
Then, we realize that the degraded cocoon we have been hiding in is revolting, and we want to turn up the lights as far as we can. In fact, we are not turning up the lights, but we are simply opening our eyes wider. We catch a certain kind of fever. Chogyam Trungpa
The way of cowardice
The way of cowardice is to embed ourselves in a cocoon, in which we perpetuate our habitual patterns. When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of habits and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto fresh ground. Chogyam Trungpa