Quote for Today: Theodore Roethke
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know. What falls away is always. And is near. I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I learn by going where …
Quote for Today: Jack Gilbert
We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this …
Quote for Today: Lawrence Block
One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else. —Lawrence Block Public Domain Image via …
Quote for Today: Iris Murdoch
The idea of attention or contemplation, of looking carefully at something and holding it before the mind, may be conveyed early on in childhood. ‘Look, listen, isn’t that nice?’ Also, …
Quote for Today: Cecelia Ahern
Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes. Sometimes, people discover you, even though they’ve been looking at you the entire time. Sometimes we lose sight of ourselves …
Quote for Today: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Martha Graham
Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward. ―Martha …
Quote for Today: Jean Arp
Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother’s womb. —Jean Arp
Quote for Today: Anne Lamott
Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you …
The Depths of Nonverbal Conversation: Marina Abramović’s The Artist is Present
Art and conversation contain elements that evade language and communicate on a different level. How do these elements reach us? Marina Abramović is one of the world’s most famous performance artists. …