The document discusses themes of finding meaning and purpose through self-transcendence, creating beauty through art, and maintaining passion and doing one's utmost work as an artist. It provides quotes from philosophers and theologians about topics like overcoming trauma, viewing oneself from outside perspectives, and how suffering can find meaning. The document concludes with a passage from the film Babette's Feast where the character Babette asserts that as a great artist, she will never be poor since artists have something others do not.

1. The Soul of a Chef Babette's Feast A film by Gabriel Axel A Parable of Trauma Rev. Dr. Lise Worthington

3. If you call forth what is in you , it will save you, i f you do not, it will destroy you. - St Thomas Aquinas Frankl – “Self distancing allows one to view themselves from the outside; to become observers of themselves and their situations or circumstances. Paradoxical Intention (utilizing humor).”

12. She waited a moment and then repeated: “I am a great artist, Mesdames.” Again for a long time there was a deep silence in the kitchen. Then Martine said: “So you will be poor now all your life, Babette?”

13. “ Poor?” said Babette. She smiled as if to herself. “No, I shall never be poor. I told you that I am a great artist. A great artist, Mesdames, is never poor. We have something, Mesdames, of which other people know nothing.”