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Posts by Cogito E Sum

“Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning… look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.” —Bernie Glassman

As a penman mightier than swordsmen from Aramis to Zorro, I flatter myself to boast of my peerless prowess.

“The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.” Henri Bergson

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“Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.” —Brad Holland

Whether we dream it up on a bed of nails or a bed of roses, what we perceive may be just that, a dream.

“One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.” —Salvador Dalí 

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“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” −Douglas Adams

 An object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless and until it hits a wall.

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” −Sydney J. Harris Read more

“Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of everything but which must know each object encountered in life through an adventure of perception.” –Stan Brakhage

    As we eye the stars, we see ourselves. It’s a matter of self-perception.

“It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see.” Anais Nin

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“A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.” –Susan Orlean

   On top of the world, a snow day is as common as the cold.

“The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.” Margaret Atwood 

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“Without Valentine’s Day, February would be…well, January.” – Jim Graffigan quote

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“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.” –Matsuo Basho

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We rock-and-roll home on a tongue-in-cheek prayer, in Janice Joplin’s Mercedes Benz, and swing home with a band of angels, in a gospel choir’s sweet chariot.

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“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” –Anton Chekhov

WINTER   On a nude beach, a digital instant is too cool, a kodak moment too warm. A polaroid season is just right. Like old love at first sight.

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“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” –Pablo Picasso

sunspotsAstronomers complain that the great ball of fire of our golden age is only a yellow dwarf star.

“The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.” –Randall Jarrell

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“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others” –Jonathan Swift

  red  Today’s arts and quotes are brought to you by the colours people feel.

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