I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men (sic) create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these … Continue reading Quote for Today: W. Somerset Maugham
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Reclaiming Objects: The Playful Art of Federico Uribe
Objects have connotations unrelated to their purpose. Art can stretch these personal and universal undercurrents into something that celebrates life. Federico Uribe was born in 1964 in war-torn Colombia. The Columbian Conflict, as history books name it, began in the mid-sixties and continues today. His homeland has been ravaged by armed warfare for the entirety … Continue reading Reclaiming Objects: The Playful Art of Federico Uribe
Quote for Today: Donna Tarrt
Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? And isn't the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart wide open and you spend the rest of … Continue reading Quote for Today: Donna Tarrt
Quote for Today: Liz Braswell
The nautilus shell was exquisite, brown and white and perfectly striped. The math that lay like a dazzling creation spell over all who lived in the sea showed clearly in the spiral, each cell as great as the sum of the two previous sections. Everything in the ocean was a thing of beauty and … Continue reading Quote for Today: Liz Braswell
Quote for Today: Diane Ackerman
At some point, one asks, "Toward what end is my life lived?" A great freedom comes from being able to answer that question. A sleeper can be decoyed out of bed by the sheer beauty of dawn on the open seas. Part of my job, as I see it, is to allow that to happen. … Continue reading Quote for Today: Diane Ackerman
Quote for Today: Chief Seattle
If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected. ― Chief Seattle Image © Budhiargomiko with CCLicense
Quote for Today: Melody Lee
There is a beast within my heart. She plays immaculately with the beauty in my soul. ― Melody Lee, Moon Gypsy Photo by Aldo Picaso from Pexels
