The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.
It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.
We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.
Fire is the origin of stone. By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source.
I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
The real secret of magic lies in the performance.
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.