The half-whacked preacher, is speaking the unspeakable of a lewd and lascivious nature.
I Write Differently ~ Franz Kafka
I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.
~ Franz Kafka
Truth exists; only lies are invented. ~Georges Braque
Short, Short Story
Caught stealing his neighbor’s newspaper, he declared depraved indifference.
William Blake Poem
“To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.”
~ William Blake ‘Auguries of Innocence’ (c. 1803)
In The Universe ~ William Blake
“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.”
~ William Blake, Poet ~ 1757 – 1857
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly. ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
It Is So Hard To Leave ~ John Green
It is so hard to leave-until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
~ John Green, Author
Jackson Pollock Quote
“If people would just look at the paintings, I don’t think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It’s like looking at a bed of flowers, you don’t tear your hair out over what it means.”
~ Jackson Pollock, Died: August 11, 1956 ~ 44 y/o
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am a cage, in search of a bird. ~ Franz Kafka
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. ~ Albert Camus
R.I.P Toni Morrison
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison, 88 y/o – Author, Nobel Laureate
A Pondering Moment
may the
slice of
toast land
on the floor
buttered side
facing up
Reading ~ Maya Angelou
Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it’s right, It’s easy. It’s the other way around, too. If it’s slovenly written, then it’s hard to read. It doesn’t give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader.
~ Maya Angelou
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~ Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp, American Dancer
A Pondering Moment
let it go
let it flow
let it go
The human body is the best picture of the human soul. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-British philosopher ~ 1889 – 1951
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. ~ Michael Caine
Think
Fantasy is escapist,and that is its glory. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
Six Word Story
Pedestrians ignoring the street corner preacher.
Existence has over books. Today I slew a mushroom. ~ Emily Dickinson
Existence is illusory and it is eternal. ~ Albert Camus
You cannot create experience.You must undergo it. ~ Albert Camus
Enjoy Your Life by Audrey Hepburn
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.”
~ Audrey Hepburn, Actress 1929 – 1993
Anger is a short madness. ~ Horace
Horace, Ancient Roman Poet 65 BC – 8 BC
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? ~ Steven Wright
Okay ….
reading
writing
posting
blogging
walking
eating
not
nesesarily
in
that
order
Smarter People ~ Will Rogers
A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.
~ Will Rogers
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. ~ W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden, Anglo-American poet ~ 1907 – 1973
A Pondering Moment
new day
nothing’s
changed
ho hum
Short, Short Story
Mr Positive debates Mr Negative. Egos clash. Neither comes out a winner. Both egos deflated.
Thinking ~ Carl Jung
“A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” ~ Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty (1998), “Stories, Essays and Memoir”
Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
“Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?” ~ Rose Kennedy
Who Am I ~ Carl Sandburg
“It is necessary … for a man to go away by himself … to sit on a rock … and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?”
~ Carl Sandburg, Writer, 1878-1967
Music ~ Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
~ Albert Einstein
#1 priority is water, water, and more water. ~ Joe Teti
With the high heat and humidity, having/drinking plenty of water, is a good thing.
Short Short Story
Trekking with the numerous lost souls. The journey continues on.
“War: a massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don’t massacre each other.” ~ Paul Valery
Paul Valery, Bizarre, issues 24-31, (p. 102), 1962
“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.” ~ Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt (1999), Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir
Six Words
Thinking aloud. Let the world hear.
Money is the poor people’s credit card. ~ Marshall McLuhan
Albert Camus Quote
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” ~ William James
“We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.” ~ Walter Cronkite
Spiritual Expression ~ John Coltrane
Born: September 23, 1926 – Died: July 17, 1967
Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training. Anna Freud
Anna Freud, Austrian Psychologist
Power and speed be hands and feet. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.” ~ May Sarton
May Sarton, Poet, B: May 3, 1912 – D: July 16, 1995
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. ~ George Santayana
Personality is everything in art and poetry. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wireless ~ Nikola Tesla
When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts.
~ Nikola Tesla, Inventor, 1856 – 1943
A child without education, is like a bird without wings. ~ Tibetan Proverb
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. ~ Bertrand Russell
Me
I am me
always will be me
no one will
ever change me
as I was born
as me
so
the end result
is a total me
and
I am happy
to be me
It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. ~ Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny, Born: September 20, 1880 – Died: November 30, 1952
A Pondering Moment
sit back
relax
with
a book
and
try to
put
the heat
and the
high
humidity
behind you
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ~ Jane Austen
Grace ~ Pablo Neruda
“He who does not travel, who does not read,
who does not listen to music,
who does not find grace in himself,
she who does not find grace in herself,
dies slowly.”
~ Pablo Neruda, Senator of Chile
Born: July 12, 1904 – Died: September 23, 1973
Easy Reading ~ Maya Angelou
Incomes ~ John Locke
“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.”
~ John Locke, Philosopher ~ 1632-1704
Four Words
basking in the sunshine
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. ~ Helen Keller
To see the Summer Sky ~ Emily Dickinson
To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie –
True Poems flee –
~Emily Dickinson, c.1879
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. ~ Okakura Kakuzo
Be as you wish to seem. ~ Socrates
Six Words
Delicious hollandaise sauce on meatloaf extraordinaire
Read Everything ~ William Faulkner
“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”
~ William Faulkner, Born: September 25, 1897 – Died: July 6, 1962
Nothing Is Absolute ~ Frida Kahlo
Born: July 6, 1907 – Died: July 13, 1954
Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial. ~ G. C. Lichtenberg
G. C. Lichtenberg, German writer and physicist 1742-1799
Benign Indifference To The Universe ~ Albert Camus
For the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference to the universe. To feel it so like myself, indeed so brotherly, made me realize that I’d been happy, and that I was happy still.
~ Albert Camus
In an infinite Universe anything can happen. ~ Douglas Adams
If you rest, you rust. ~Helen Hayes
Just Thinking
stale bread makes
lousy sandwiches
My favorite daydream, it was this: I would be reading a book alone in my room, and no one would ever, ever interrupt me. ~ Anne Tyler
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. ~ Joseph Brodsky
Books are the carriers of civilization …
Books are the carriers of civilization … They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989)
Six Word Story
Traveling the infinite highway to freedom.
The City
people on the stoops
watching the passersby
hydrants open
spraying cool water
on the neighborhood kids
ice cream truck has arrived
people lining up
to buy and enjoy
an ice cream or something
cold to drink
to hot cook inside
so pizza and sandwiches
are the meals for the hungry
the ones without a/c suffer
as the temps are stifling
window fans are useless
as they blow hot air
no break in sight
from the swelter
yet the people
are use to it
life in the city
Just Thinking
If Jack Kerouac
were alive
what would
be his
thoughts
of the state
of affairs
this country
It would
surely be
an interesting
read
Lying is an elementary means of self-defense. ~ Susan Sontag
Saturday Afternoon
eating a pear
accompanied with
a cup of black
French Roast coffee
while reading
emails
and blogs
A Thought
glitz and glimmer, not my forte
One Liner
All ye caffeine junkies, drink up, and get wired.
Six Word Story
Chasing the American dream. Its elusive.
A Nostalgic Moment
Tod Stiles (Martin Milner)
and
Buzz Murdoch (George Maharis)
on
Route 66
an old
black
and
white
television
show
with great
screenwriting
and
acting
Four Words
living, loving, enjoying life.
Six Word Story
Conversing with unicorns and glow worms.
A Pondering Moment
Monday
evening
still
breathing
thinking
eating
reading
and
whatever
else
alive
and
well
human
beings
do
“In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.” ~ George Carlin
“Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.” ~ George Carlin
“Some people have no idea what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” ~ George Carlin
Governments don’t want a population of critical thinking ….
“Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.”
~ George Carlin, Born: May 12, 1937 – Died: June 22, 2008
On Some Summer Days In New York City
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn’t one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city.
~ Diane Ackerman
In summer, the song sings itself. ~ William Carlos Williams
“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher – Born: June 21, 1905 – Died: April 15, 1980
