Whirling dervish paintings in Damascus (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
‘To consume worries’ means to empty oneself.
After such an emptying occurs–joy appears, the kind of joy that knows no sorrow–
a rose without thorns, a wine without headaches.
It is the sorrow that guides us.
As long as there is no sorrow, no passion, no yearning in a work,
then love will not strive for it.
Without sorrow, it remains out of our reach.
— Rumi
