Why this world?

Lord, said David, since you do not need us
Why did you create these two worlds?

Reality replied: O prisoner of time
I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity
And I wished this treasure to be known
So I created a mirror
its shining face, the heart
its darkened back, the world
The back would please you if you've never seen the face.

Has anyone ever produced a mirror out of mud and straw?
Yet clean away the mud and straw, and a mirror might be revealed.

~"Love is a Stranger", Jelaluddin Rumi

Which place to go?

The creative is the place where no one else has ever been.

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.

What you'll discover will be wonderful.

What you'll discover will be yourself.
~Alan Alda