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Posts tagged ‘Haiku’

“During the holiday season, it’s easy to forget that sometimes the best gift of all is simply the gift of time. I can’t think of anything a writer would appreciate more than being given time and space to work.” — Kate Klise

 

GIFT CERTIFICATE HA AHA

Thank you, each human reading this, for the gift of your time. May we each use the license in 2025, to work at our unique occupations, in accordance with our natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else; so that…

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each human* works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. —Plato

*On the eve of its expiration, we used 2024’s poetic license to substitute “human” for “man” in the Brainyquote. com version of the Plato quote. All genders of Platonic lovers studied at Plato’s Academy. Only the ancient Greek gods and goddesses, nymphs and satyrs, et al., and animals were excluded by the masculine noun for human. We did it, so that, some 2300 New Years hence, Plato’s tongue gets no human’s tunic in a twist.

Bonne anee!

“A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world.” — Hans Hofmann

With a splash poster

Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.

— Shakira

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

Dreaming in Color poster

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

— William Butler Yeats

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

Mouton Noir poster

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.

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

Anonymous poster

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.

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

Catbird Seat poster

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

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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 poster

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
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“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

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“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

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“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

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