Tag: Art
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What We Nurture in Art and Life Makes All the Difference
“I think of myself as a sort of farmer; I tend the rich soil of troubled children and nurture them as they grow, “ a social worker once said to me when I told her about my dreams of being a writer/farmer. At the time I had no idea that I would write novels about…
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By the Shores of Solon Pond (4)
Waldo worries his uncle will find fault with him on the first day of work. Lucian bounded over the hill with his pair of overly enthusiastic yoked calves. One day, he would sell them and set aside the money for his own savings. Waldo envied him a moment until Lucian smiled and waved. “Waldo’s come,…
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Task of a Poet
“To hear never-heard sounds, To see never-seen colors and shapes, To try to understand the imperceptible Power pervading the world; To fly and find pure ethereal substances That are not of matter But of that invisible soul pervading reality. To hear another soul and to whisper to another soul; To be a lantern in the…
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To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. – Aldous Huxley
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. – Aldous Huxley
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LINKS: Boyhood An astounding, one-of-a-kind trove of stories and drawings reveals what life was like for young men growing up in rural 19th-century America Children in 19th-century art reflect nation’s fears, dreams Image courtesy of National Library of Wales
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We Live in Deeds not Years
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
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QUOTE: “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” Wendell Berry
LINK: 12 WENDELL BERRY QUOTES THAT WILL GIVE YOU A FRESH PERSPECTIVE
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QUOTE: “I am more afraid of deserving criticism, than of receiving it.” William Gladstone.
Are family members our worst critics or our best?
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Moments
An illusion haunts us, that a long duration, as a year, a decade, a century, is valuable. But an old French sentence says, “God works in moments.” We ask for long life, but ’tis deep life or grand moments that signify. Let the measure of Time be spiritual, not mechanical. Life is unnecessarily long. Moments…
Author Adrienne Morris 