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“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you can possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. Continue reading
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Literature
“To me, literature is a calling, even a kind of salvation. It connects me with an enterprise that is over 2,000 years old. What do we have from the past? Art and thought. That’s what lasts. That’s what continues to feed people and give them an idea of something better.” ~ Susan Sontag Continue reading
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The Mainstream Media
“I was on television a couple of years ago and the reporter asked me, “How does it feel being on mainstream media? It’s not often poets get on mainstream media.” I said, “Well I think you’re the dominant media, the dominant culture, but you’re not the mainstream media. The mainstream media is still the high Continue reading
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Novels
“Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course, you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing.” ~ Joan Didion Continue reading
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Hopefully ….
Photo by mikoto.raw Photographer from Pexels Continue reading
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Reading Cartoon
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Continue reading
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Art Quote
One eye sees, the other feels. ~Paul Klee Continue reading
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The body
“The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.” ~ Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Philosopher ~ 1908-1961 Continue reading
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The Opposite Of Love
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ~ Elie Wiesel Continue reading
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Practice Any Art ….
“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut ——————- “Kurt Vonnegut Once Sent This Amazing Letter To A High Continue reading
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In art as in love, instinct is enough. ~ Anatole France
Anatole France – French Novelist Continue reading
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Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~ Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp, American Dancer Continue reading
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“A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.” ~ Miles Davis
Miles Davis, Musician – B: May 26, 1926 – D: September 28, 1991 Continue reading
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Beautiful Thing ~ Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
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Public speaking ~ Evan Esar
Public speaking is the art diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. ~ Evan Esar (1899 – 1995) Continue reading
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Architecture is the art of how to waste space. ~ Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson (1906 – 2005) Continue reading
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Joni Mitchell Quote
“When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it’s time for artists to make their mark.” – Joni Mitchell Continue reading
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Great Teacher
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. -John Steinbeck Continue reading
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Mainstream Media
Born: March 24, 1919 Continue reading
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Experience
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. -Albert Einstein Continue reading
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Albert Einstein Quote
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Marc Yankus: a fresh perspective on New York architecture
Marc Yankus: a fresh perspective on New York architecture http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/20/marc-yankus-new-york-architecture?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress Continue reading
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Kiss the sky: psychedelic posters of the 60s and 70s – in pictures
Kiss the sky: psychedelic posters of the 60s and 70s – in pictures http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/06/psychedelic-posters-1960s-cultural-traffic-felix-dennis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress Continue reading
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The Sand, Sea & Spray urban art festival in Blackpool
The Sand, Sea & Spray urban art festival in Blackpool http://gu.com/p/4at8b?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress Continue reading
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John Lennon Quote
“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that … I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.” – John Lennon Continue reading
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Music
“I love rock-n-roll. I think it’s an exciting art form. It’s revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.” – Nick Cave http://www.bquot.es/s/2704 I do agree with what he is saying. Continue reading
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Voltaire Quote
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” – Voltaire http://www.bquot.es/s/1823 Continue reading
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Music & Art
“I can’t listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.” – Woody Allen Continue reading
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Magic
“Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.” – Theodor Adorno, Continue reading
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Coffee Mug Sketch
Nothing like a mug of coffee, to kick start the day, and to keep going all day long. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Tree Sketch
Another one of my attempts of sketching/doodling. Practice makes it perfect, so they say. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Quote
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. Voltaire Continue reading
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Literature
The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don’t want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don’t have Continue reading
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Art
A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. — Paul Klee Continue reading
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Quote
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters. — Pablo Picasso Art quote Continue reading
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Art
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. — John W. Gardner Continue reading
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Painting
Painting, n,: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. — Ambrose Bierce Continue reading
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Philosophy and Art ….
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination. — George Henry Lewes Continue reading
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A man’s work …..
A man’s work is nothing but his slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. — Albert Camus Continue reading
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Meaning
I”m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. — Andy Warhol Continue reading
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Art produces ….
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful things with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. — Jean Cocteau Continue reading
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Democracy
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. – H.L. Mencken Continue reading
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Bones, The TV Show
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Woman and Guitar
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Darkness / Brightness
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Walking In The Rain
A beautiful painting. Image source Continue reading
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Street And Wall Art From Around The World
Some amazing street and wall art from around the world. All seen on Daily Picdump / Unknown photographers Continue reading
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Beautiful Body Ink
Like the tattoos. Continue reading
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