picture show of our own at any time or place.
When we fast we must become the true artist and conceive a new, original thought picture to paint into flesh and environment. The true artist strives always to produce the perfect thing and we, as artists, must strive to produce a perfect thing which is not put on canvas nor cut into stone, but is worked out in our own form. The expression of a beautiful, perfected selfhood is our new work and we must have the perfect conception and perception of this selfhood before the work can be done.
Is it health you want?
Then, when you fast, hold a mental image of yourself just as you want to be. Do you want to change your face or form? Then hold a changed vision, or the vision of a new type, while you fast and your friends will pass you on the street or take you for your younger brother or sister.
If you cannot build the vision yourself, then take some picture which in a way fulfills your idea of a perfect personality. You will not reproduce this in exact likeness, but in one year you can put the main characteristics into your own type.
“That which we we must become, richer and richer, breath by breath; immortal gain immortal room.”
Just as the sculptor works on his marble, cutting away all unsightly turns, just so, with your mental tools–your thoughts–you must work on your own vision, shaping it to your
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