Why Are We Here? Nick Cave Explores the Value of Existence QUOTES FOR WRITERS

I do my best to move through life with a joy that is reconciled to the sorrow of things but is not subsumed by it, that apprehends darkness and is not afraid of it. I try to receive some form of salvation in this life by paying witness to, and being lifted by, the great, uncontested value of existence.

I feel duty-bound to unearth, enhance and promote the world’s beautiful things rather than obsess, worry and agitate over the worst of things.

I believe in creation over destruction, compassion over cynicism, mercy over vitriol, friendship over hostility, truth over lies and love over hate. I remind myself that, at this moment, I am here as a happy and humble participant in the complex and relational nature of the universe – a person who loves life but draws the line at bathing with strangers in pineapple jelly.

Nick Cave in the July issue of The Red Hand Files, answering the 100,001^st question he has been asked. (The 100,000th question was: Would you like to take a bath with me in Pineapple Jelly?) Read The Red Hand Files HERE

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