“in a world full of temporary things / you are a perpetual feeling.” ― Sanober Khan
We dedicate this Valentine video to…well, you know who you are.Art and video by Pierre Leduc. Song performed by Elvis Presley Read more
Posts tagged ‘Art’
Feb 12
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“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
Aug 9
“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” −Jean-Luc Godard
How many of us are strangers to ourselves?
“People forget who they are; they always remain with an identity which is not the real self. It is just a projected self which does not exist, but they identify with this projected self appearance.” −Lobsang Tenzin Read more
Apr 26
“Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.” –Mary Pickford
“If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.” ―Alfred Hitchcock Read more
“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
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” –Buddha
This Valentine is dedicated to who loves you, baby.
“Remember, in the vast infinity of life, all is perfect, whole, and complete… And so are you!” –Henry Ward Beecher
Even if you lack a legion of virtual friends, there’s a real one you can always count on.
“Don’t forget to love yourself.” –Soren Kierkegaard
Happy Valentine!
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” –Tom Robbins
This is the story of an ageless bundle of joy.
“The creative adult is the child who has survived.” –Ursula K. Le Guin
“To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.” –Sri Aurobindo
O Canada’s web site had a melt-down this week, overheated by yanks seeking asylum. The good news is there is abundant building material for igloos. The bad news is heightened risk of collisions with snow birds.
“In this world, a good time to laugh is anytime you can.” –Linda Ellerbee
Today, perhaps more than ever, the home of the brave is a parallel universe.
“Some things are so serious you have to laugh at them.” –Niels Bohr
With cuckoos running the asylum, laughter is the only antidote for madness.
“The highest state is laughter.” –Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Not to say everything isn’t going south in a hand basket and the gods couldn’t care less, but that there is good news nevertheless.
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” –Michael Altshuler
Nov 5
“Maybe some of today’s papers have too many ‘feel-good’ features, but there is a lot of good news out there.” –Ben Bradlee
The bad news is, some clowns only laugh at other clowns.
“A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke -and that the joke is oneself.” –Clifton Fadiman
“Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.” -Eliza Farnham
Inspired by a nonet of goddesses, aka the Muses, creative humans scale Olympian heights.
“O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” -William Shakespeare Read more
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