“A good society contains many different artists doing many different things. A bad society coerces artists because it knows that they can reveal all kinds of truths.” – Iris Murdoch
Art – Cuno Amiet, Magnolia
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A Challenge
“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse.” ― Don Juan
Art – Carnival Evening, 1886 by Henri Rousseau
Forgiveness
“We win by tenderness, we conquer by forgiveness.”
~Frederick William Robertson
Art – Daniel Gerhartz
The Body
“The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.”
― Simone de Beauvoir
PS: My “situation” has a penchant for grasping more and more of the world in different and divergent sporting circumstances: cycling, skating, skiing, etc. Sketching over one’s limits melts the stresses of fitting an imperfect representation of perfect living.
Art by Evyn Fong.
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Be My Friend!
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
– Albert Camus
Art – Jessie Arms Botke (American, 1883–1971)
Loneliness of stars
Humans cannot comprehend the loneliness of stars. We may, however, experience and picture the all-encompassing darkness that removes the barrier to the shimmering hidden beauty and thoughts of wonder.
– an excerpt from In Astra: Stargazing Into The Fragrant Light, my article on Fragrantica.com
The visuals are AI-generated based on my words above.
November
“October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Art – November, 1876 by Fidelia Bridges
The First Thing
“The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.”
–Adam Smith (June 16, 1723 – July 17, 1790) author of The Wealth Of Nations
Art – Vincent van Gogh
Spring Day
“It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning, a painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless, looking at the leaves or grass, and fling out his arms to embrace he knows not what.”
― John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga
Art – Carlo Fornara
Begin
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art – Nils Kreuger – Tågande skyar
