Posts tagged ‘Picture Poetry’
Jan 14
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Wall painting
Jan 1
“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
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
Dec 24
“Laughing without laughing is only possible with the laughing of the eyes!” –Anon.
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
May 23
“Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.” —Amy Tan
Artist Pepe Leduc lifts the lid on a box of old paper, and inspiration leaps out. Creative interplay with the medium ensues, as his brainwaves rip up Beta and tear through Alpha.
While seeking inspiration for play verse, aka haiku, it finds me, like paper finds ink.
This post shares with creative people of all persuasions, the thoughts of artists and others about that elusive spark of creative impulsion that may leap into an old pond, like a frog, or out of a box of old paper.
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.” —Pablo Picasso
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May 22
“Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.” —Amy Tan
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May 10
“Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
East of thought
West of idle mind
High on waves
“When our thoughts are stammering in our mind, and memorial failure dumbs down our passion for life, a deep dive in the brainwaves can be the lever that lifts our sense of self.” ―Erik Pevernagie
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Apr 22
“Indigo has a purifying, stabilizing, cleansing effect when fear, repression, and obsessions have disturbed your mental body” —Tae Yun Kim
Indigo
Impermanence looms
Buckle up
The magic fades too fast /the scent of summer never lasts /the nights turn hollow and vast /but nothing remains…nothing lasts —Sanober Khan
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Mar 26
“They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art” —Charlie Parker
Eye music
On my turntable
How high C
Music is all of a sudden much more colorful —Pharrell Williams
Feb 17
“The more things change, the more they stay the same” —Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
Great Merlin
Sustain Avalon
Stay the sea
There is nothing permanent except change —Heraclitus
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Feb 5
