“One of the functions of art is to give people the words to know their own experience… Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
Art – René Magritte – The Empire of Lights, 1954.
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Harper Lee’s Birthday
“Some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal.”
– Harper Lee, April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016
Art – René Magritte “Les fleurs du voyage” 1926
“To the Parcae”
A single summer grant me, great powers, and
a single autumn for fully ripened song
that, sated with the sweetness of my
playing, my heart may more willingly die.
The soul that, living, did not attain its divine
right cannot repose in the nether world.
But once what I am bent on, what is
holy, my poetry, is accomplished:
Be welcome then, stillness of the shadows’ world!
I shall be satisfied though my lyre will not
accompany me down there. Once I
lived like the gods, and more is not needed.”
― Friedrich Hölderlin
Parcae – In ancient Roman religion and myth, the Parcae (singular, Parca) were the female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods. They are often called the Fates in English, and their Greek equivalent were the Moirai.
Art – René Magritte – Infinite Recognition (1961)
The Art of Conversation
“Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.”
– Somerset Maugham
Art – René Magritte – L’art de la conversation [The Art of Conversation], 1950
Visible
Belittle the desert
You neglect and belittle the desert.
The desert is not remote in southern tropics
The desert is not only around the corner,
The desert is squeezed in the tube-train next to you,
The desert is in the heart of your brother.
—T S Eliot (Choruses from The Rock)
Art – René Magritte
The meaning of life
“The meaning of life is to find your gift; the purpose of life is to give it away. What will you find and give away?” – Pablo Picasso
Art tribute – Rene Magritte, The land of miracles, 1964
Gentle
“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
– Albert Camus
Art by René Magritte.
Do business in Equilibrium – part 2
Life is irregular and we need to do business in Equilibrium to simplify and even the rough facets of human interaction.
Sometimes you feel like you have crossed oceans and seas to find the one-of-a-kind orange tree adorned with gold leaves. Or maybe you have found the magic lettuce from the Bear’s garden*.
You are prepared to offer it to your customers, still they are not pleased and want more.
They want More because Less is what they do not understand: the core of your business, the “elusive” thing without which your product does not exist: Your MISSION statement.
Your mission appeals to the mindset of people.
Your mission creates connections.
Your mission creates promises you HAVE to keep.
Empty your heart of misgivings and fulfill your promises by following your business pattern and delivery system.
And keep an eye on the money.
Running a business is like running a show. It is either good or bad. In the beginning it is usually bad. So don’t sweat about it. But make it good in time…Make it so good that your first business show now appears to have been held for the Eskimos, a hundred years back.
“The past is a foreign country.” – L.P. Hartley
*Source of inspiration – The Story of Harap Alb – A Romanian folk tale by Ion Creangă.
Art by Rene Magritte.
Harper Lee’s Birthday
“Some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal.”
– Harper Lee, April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016.
Art – René Magritte “les fleurs du voyage” 1926.