Posts from the ‘Artists’ Category

Jun 9

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“A beautiful thing is never perfect.” — Egyptian proverb*

This series stems from the portable document technology made of the stems of Egypt’s Nile grass: the papyrus sedge also called paper reed. Inked in the language of pictorial images and phonetic symbols, it was the new medium of an ancient message.

Keep away from trouble and sing to it. —Egyptian proverb*

*The Egyptian proverbs quoted throughout this post are from Hanna Fielding’s favourites.

May 10

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“We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we’re awake.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

— William Butler Yeats

Apr 20

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“Being a black sheep gives you creative license to do sh*t differently.” ― Andre Hueston Mack

While the shepherd and the milkmaid gathered creamy wool, and the shaggy sheepdog bayed, a piebald ram and a ewe with leopard spots strayed from the flock, and I am the lamb of different hue and shade.

Apr 5

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“Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.” —Anonymous

What’s the sound a name makes when it’s dropped? —Anonymous

The quotations in this post may be attributed to immortal names. But on the Johns Hopkins University site and others from which they are sourced, they are unattributed.
This tribute, by a nicknamed artist and a pen-named poet, gives all authors of immortal wit and wisdom, truth and beauty, by whatever other names they may also be lauded, a name the world of arts and letters never forgets.

Mar 10

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“If it’s the right chair, it doesn’t take too long to get comfortable in it.” —Robert De Niro

Sitting still
Does the catbird seat
Make a lap

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. —Alfred North Whitehead

Feb 26

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“The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.” —Bear Grylls

A star shines
Behind a curtained
Looking glass

If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it’s essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were. —Conor Oberst
Read more

Jun 24

“Sometimes I find I’m wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.” ―Ridley Scott

A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

―Edward de Bono

Jun 23

Science Detectives Find Eden Where Adam and Eve Left It

Ages before scientists traced the biblical Garden to the dark continent, Michelangelo painted “The Creation of Adam,” as if the first anatomically modern person were as pale as Pope Julius II, who paid for the job.

“The old master painter from the faraway hills
Painted the violets and the daffodills”

―Haven Gillespie

Jun 13

“Stand a little less between me and the sun.” ―Diogenes

From the ceiling beneath our feet, the skies seem frayed as faith at the end of days.

“If you’re looking down at Earth, you’re looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.”

―Buzz Aldrin

Jun 9

Posts from the ‘Artists’ Category

“A beautiful thing is never perfect.” — Egyptian proverb*

This series stems from the portable document technology made of the stems of Egypt’s Nile grass: the papyrus sedge also called paper reed. Inked in the language of pictorial images and phonetic symbols, it was the new medium of an ancient message.

Keep away from trouble and sing to it. —Egyptian proverb*

*The Egyptian proverbs quoted throughout this post are from Hanna Fielding’s favourites.

“We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we’re awake.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

— William Butler Yeats

Read more

“Being a black sheep gives you creative license to do sh*t differently.” ― Andre Hueston Mack

While the shepherd and the milkmaid gathered creamy wool, and the shaggy sheepdog bayed, a piebald ram and a ewe with leopard spots strayed from the flock, and I am the lamb of different hue and shade.

Read more

“Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.” —Anonymous

What’s the sound a name makes when it’s dropped? —Anonymous

Read more

“If it’s the right chair, it doesn’t take too long to get comfortable in it.” —Robert De Niro

Sitting still
Does the catbird seat
Make a lap

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. —Alfred North Whitehead

Read more

“The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.” —Bear Grylls

A star shines
Behind a curtained
Looking glass

If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it’s essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were. —Conor Oberst
Read more

“Sometimes I find I’m wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.” ―Ridley Scott

A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

―Edward de Bono

Science Detectives Find Eden Where Adam and Eve Left It

Ages before scientists traced the biblical Garden to the dark continent, Michelangelo painted “The Creation of Adam,” as if the first anatomically modern person were as pale as Pope Julius II, who paid for the job.

“The old master painter from the faraway hills
Painted the violets and the daffodills”

―Haven Gillespie

“Stand a little less between me and the sun.” ―Diogenes

From the ceiling beneath our feet, the skies seem frayed as faith at the end of days.

“If you’re looking down at Earth, you’re looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.”

―Buzz Aldrin

“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.” ―Phil Ochs

When a Peacemaker was a lawman’s six-shooter, trigger fingers made peace signs.

“And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.”

―Josephine Baker

Posts from the ‘Artists’ Category

This series stems from the portable document technology made of the stems of Egypt’s Nile grass: the papyrus sedge also called paper reed. Inked in the language of pictorial images and phonetic symbols, it was the new medium of an ancient message.

Keep away from trouble and sing to it. —Egyptian proverb*

*The Egyptian proverbs quoted throughout this post are from Hanna Fielding’s favourites.

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

— William Butler Yeats

While the shepherd and the milkmaid gathered creamy wool, and the shaggy sheepdog bayed, a piebald ram and a ewe with leopard spots strayed from the flock, and I am the lamb of different hue and shade.

What’s the sound a name makes when it’s dropped? —Anonymous

Sitting stillDoes the catbird seatMake a lap

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. —Alfred North Whitehead

A star shinesBehind a curtainedLooking glass

If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it’s essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were. —Conor Oberst Read more

A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

―Edward de Bono

Ages before scientists traced the biblical Garden to the dark continent, Michelangelo painted “The Creation of Adam,” as if the first anatomically modern person were as pale as Pope Julius II, who paid for the job.

“The old master painter from the faraway hills Painted the violets and the daffodills”

―Haven Gillespie

From the ceiling beneath our feet, the skies seem frayed as faith at the end of days.

“If you’re looking down at Earth, you’re looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.”

―Buzz Aldrin

When a Peacemaker was a lawman’s six-shooter, trigger fingers made peace signs.

“And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.”

―Josephine Baker

Sitting still
Does the catbird seat
Make a lap

A star shines
Behind a curtained
Looking glass

If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it’s essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were. —Conor Oberst
Read more

“The old master painter from the faraway hills
Painted the violets and the daffodills”