Paul B. Rucker

Who I'd like to meet:

People who are working their material and are inflamed with a sense of beauty and passion-- who can take their anger and fear and sorrow and make beautiful healing and vessels of wisdom and compassion from their experiences. Live deeply and truthfully-- no time for people who see the world in material terms alone (materialists), no interest in silly gossip or head games. Live the love you want to see in the world, let it come to the door of your heart, your inner eye. Friends, pronoiacs, co-religionists, possible romances, artificers of creative vision, dreamers with their heads in the stars and their feet on the Earth, wise open hearts, messengers of biting wit and lovingkindness. Also incredibly original minds and belwethers of personal style and charisma. With depth. I hate superficiality. If you want the magic, you must BE the magic. Can't emphasize that enough. It's no good to approach magical people and things like they are TV to consume: you have to feed the magical encounter by being magical yourself. In the Jewish tradition, the Hebrew phrase "Tikkun Olam" refers to the sacred purpose of God's people and is usually translated as "Repairing the World". An alternate translation, which I like even better, is "Adorning the Mystery." If this speaks to you, then you are probably the sort of being I'd like to meet. Here are some names: Marchesa Luisa Casati, Audrey Hepburn, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, Isadora Duncan, Cagliostro, the Social Memory Complex Known as Ra, Maurice Bejárt, George Tooker, Agnes Pelton, Vali Myers, Gustave Moreau, Mati Klarwein, SIdney Sime, Edouard Duval-Carriere, etc.