Skip to content

Posts tagged ‘Art’

“A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.” —J. R. R. Tolkien

EUREKA poster

If it’s Greek
Goddesses ye seek
Eureka!

‘In my box,’ the old man said, ‘that I carry about with me, I’ve other delights besides my show.’ —John Masefield

Read more

“The picture alone, without the written word, leaves half the story untold.” –James Lafferty

Off the wall poster

Off the wall
In my frame of mind
Hang haiku

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. —Francis Bacon

Read more

“Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.” –Frank Darabont

Wall Painting with Rollers poster

Wall painting
With paper rollers
Show and tell

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls —Paul Simon

Read more

“Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.” –Thomas Mann

bonne annee

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. —Friedrich Nietzsche

Read more

“Laughing without laughing is only possible with the laughing of the eyes!” –Anon.

HO-HO! THRO' SOUL'S WINDOWS p

Merry woes
Thro’ soul’s windows show
Go Ho-Ho!

In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can. —Linda Ellerbee

Read more

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

View in browser

Knock on Wood poster

Would luck could
Open Sesame
Knock on wood

Every doorway, every intersection has a story —Katherine Dunn 

Read more

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

View in browser

Remind Me poster 1

Remind me
Unforgettable
Baby grand

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

Read more

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

View in browser

To the End of War poster gold

Tchaikovsky
Ballet on canvas
Disarms bear

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

Read more

“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

To the End of War poster

Dancing muse
Sublime graces
Here’s your cue

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

Read more

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

New Old Edo title 2

Frog backflips
A freezing wind whips
Pond ice chips

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

Read more