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is a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living. (Philippe Petit)

Political philosopher Phillip Pettit argued that hope is a cognitive counterpart of planning while John Braithwaite argued that 'high hope people' can overcome helplessness by being better able to conceptualise their goals (Hope, Power and Governance 2004 .

is the processes of narrowing the unknown to virtually nothing.

If you see how carefully I prepare. . . you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtually nothing. And that's when I am ready to walk on the wire. (Philippe Petit)

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