Posts tagged ‘Art’

Mar 30

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“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” —Milton Berle

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Knock on Wood poster

Would luck could
Open Sesame
Knock on wood

Every doorway, every intersection has a story —Katherine Dunn

Mar 22

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“Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful” —Alexandra Stoddard

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Remind Me poster 1

Remind me
Unforgettable
Baby grand

I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again ―Melanie Martinez

Mar 10

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“The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them” ―Margaret Atwood

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Tchaikovsky
Ballet on canvas
Disarms bear

Be cautious of bears at all times, even when being mauled by a tiger ―Craig Benzine

Mar 4

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“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing” ―Molière

Dancing muse
Sublime graces
Here’s your cue

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin —Leonard Cohen

Feb 28

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“Winter solitude — / in a world of one color / the sound of wind” ―Matsuo Bashō

Frog backflips
A freezing wind whips
Pond ice chips

“First snow
falling
on the half-finished bridge”
―Matsuo Bashō

Feb 19

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“Why so scrawny, cat? / Starving for fat fish or mice… / Or backyard love?” ―Matsuo Bashō

Haiku-san
Zazen Samurai
Brush master

“How admirable!
to see lightning and not think
life is fleeting”
―Matsuo Bashō

May 23

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“Unusual travel directions are dancing lessons from God.”—Kurt Vonnegut

On the rive gauche in French
One is not maladroit
Who hangs left for a stretch
To gain la route à droite
Beside the path

Sometimes people need to take the wrong path in order to lead them to the right one.

―Nashoda Rose

May 18

“At the typewriter you find out who you are.”—Tom Robbins

When Underwood dings
I stop typing till
I’m done sharpening
My Blue Pencil

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

—Mark Twain

May 15

“My life is a mosaic, and there’s no room in between pieces at all.”—Marcia Clark

They meet by serendipity,
in a surreal mirage of tile;
paired and spared for eternity,
to stand on the mosaic mile.

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

—Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

May 11

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” —Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Shakespeare’s Prince of Denmark tells his scholarly pal, Horatio, of encountering a talking ghost wearing his late father’s armor and crown: an absurdity undreamt in Horatio’s philosophy, with which he is endowed by the enlightened rational faculty of the Bard of Avon.

Posts tagged ‘Art’

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” —Milton Berle

Would luck could
Open Sesame
Knock on wood

Every doorway, every intersection has a story —Katherine Dunn

“Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful” —Alexandra Stoddard

Remind me
Unforgettable
Baby grand

I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again ―Melanie Martinez

“The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them” ―Margaret Atwood

Tchaikovsky
Ballet on canvas
Disarms bear

Be cautious of bears at all times, even when being mauled by a tiger ―Craig Benzine

“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing” ―Molière

Dancing muse
Sublime graces
Here’s your cue

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin —Leonard Cohen

“Winter solitude — / in a world of one color / the sound of wind” ―Matsuo Bashō

Frog backflips
A freezing wind whips
Pond ice chips

“First snow
falling
on the half-finished bridge”
―Matsuo Bashō

“Why so scrawny, cat? / Starving for fat fish or mice… / Or backyard love?” ―Matsuo Bashō

Haiku-san
Zazen Samurai
Brush master

“How admirable!
to see lightning and not think
life is fleeting”
―Matsuo Bashō

“Unusual travel directions are dancing lessons from God.”—Kurt Vonnegut

On the rive gauche in French
One is not maladroit
Who hangs left for a stretch
To gain la route à droite
Beside the path

Sometimes people need to take the wrong path in order to lead them to the right one.

―Nashoda Rose

“At the typewriter you find out who you are.”—Tom Robbins

When Underwood dings
I stop typing till
I’m done sharpening
My Blue Pencil

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

—Mark Twain

“My life is a mosaic, and there’s no room in between pieces at all.”—Marcia Clark

They meet by serendipity,
in a surreal mirage of tile;
paired and spared for eternity,
to stand on the mosaic mile.

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

—Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” —Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Shakespeare’s Prince of Denmark tells his scholarly pal, Horatio, of encountering a talking ghost wearing his late father’s armor and crown: an absurdity undreamt in Horatio’s philosophy, with which he is endowed by the enlightened rational faculty of the Bard of Avon.

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.

—Ambrose Bierce

Posts tagged ‘Art’

Would luck couldOpen SesameKnock on wood

Every doorway, every intersection has a story —Katherine Dunn

Remind meUnforgettableBaby grand

I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again ―Melanie Martinez

TchaikovskyBallet on canvasDisarms bear

Be cautious of bears at all times, even when being mauled by a tiger ―Craig Benzine

Dancing muse Sublime gracesHere’s your cue

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin —Leonard Cohen

Frog backflips A freezing wind whipsPond ice chips

“First snowfallingon the half-finished bridge”―Matsuo Bashō

Haiku-sanZazen SamuraiBrush master

“How admirable!to see lightning and not thinklife is fleeting”―Matsuo Bashō

On the rive gauche in FrenchOne is not maladroitWho hangs left for a stretchTo gain la route à droiteBeside the path

Sometimes people need to take the wrong path in order to lead them to the right one.

―Nashoda Rose

When Underwood dingsI stop typing tillI’m done sharpeningMy Blue Pencil

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

—Mark Twain

They meet by serendipity,in a surreal mirage of tile;paired and spared for eternity,to stand on the mosaic mile.

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

—Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Shakespeare’s Prince of Denmark tells his scholarly pal, Horatio, of encountering a talking ghost wearing his late father’s armor and crown: an absurdity undreamt in Horatio’s philosophy, with which he is endowed by the enlightened rational faculty of the Bard of Avon.

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.

—Ambrose Bierce

Would luck could
Open Sesame
Knock on wood

Remind me
Unforgettable
Baby grand

Tchaikovsky
Ballet on canvas
Disarms bear

Dancing muse
Sublime graces
Here’s your cue

Frog backflips
A freezing wind whips
Pond ice chips

“First snow
falling
on the half-finished bridge”
―Matsuo Bashō

Haiku-san
Zazen Samurai
Brush master

“How admirable!
to see lightning and not think
life is fleeting”
―Matsuo Bashō

On the rive gauche in French
One is not maladroit
Who hangs left for a stretch
To gain la route à droite
Beside the path

When Underwood dings
I stop typing till
I’m done sharpening
My Blue Pencil

They meet by serendipity,
in a surreal mirage of tile;
paired and spared for eternity,
to stand on the mosaic mile.