Posts tagged ‘Poems’

Sep 13

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“Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast.” —William Hargreve

Aug 30

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“Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology buried, like so many of earth’s marvels, beneath the dust of habit.” —Salman Rusdie

Aug 19

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“Birds of a feather flock together”―Proverb

Aug 4

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“Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own” –Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Jul 22

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“There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important” -Jim Rohn

Jul 8

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“What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine” —Alex Steffen

Jun 13

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“Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art” —Anselm Kiefer

May 15

6 Comments

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life” —Oscar Wilde

May 1

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“MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood” —Sarah Schulman

Apr 19

10 Comments

Posts tagged ‘Poems’

“Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast.” —William Hargreve

Light Music
The colors of ears
Opera

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight —H. P. Lovecraft

Read more

“Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology buried, like so many of earth’s marvels, beneath the dust of habit.” —Salman Rusdie

Anon’s Tales
Fabulous phenoms
Names in lights

Names and other proper nouns shouldn’t distract from the language —Lydia Millet

Read more

“Birds of a feather flock together”―Proverb

Plumage rhymes
Chirping chromatic
Inflections

In painting feathers, you want to create the look of feathers, but if you try to paint all the feathers, you have nothing but disaster —John O’Neill

Read more

“Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own” –Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Eonic
Rotation engraves
The sea prints

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea —Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important” -Jim Rohn

Color wheels
Round earth rolling
Print gravures

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music —Joan Miro

Read more

“What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine” —Alex Steffen

Pepe’s Pods
Inspiring caffeine
Artistry

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons —T. S. Eliot

Read more

“Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art” —Anselm Kiefer

Out of Nah
Foreshadow of art
It’s all Yah

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness —Tadao Ando

Read more

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life” —Oscar Wilde

Life goes on
Imitating art
Which is long

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth —John Ruskin

“MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood” —Sarah Schulman

Storied blocks
of gilded lilies
Stoop to gag

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation —James Boswell

“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” —Jack Kerouac

Once the hare
Wisdom’s souvenir
Tortoise taught

We often attribute ‘understanding’ and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars … but nothing is proved by such attributions —John Searle

Posts tagged ‘Poems’

Light MusicThe colors of earsOpera

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight —H. P. Lovecraft

Anon’s TalesFabulous phenomsNames in lights

Names and other proper nouns shouldn’t distract from the language —Lydia Millet

Plumage rhymes Chirping chromaticInflections

In painting feathers, you want to create the look of feathers, but if you try to paint all the feathers, you have nothing but disaster —John O’Neill

EonicRotation engravesThe sea prints

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea —Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Color wheelsRound earth rollingPrint gravures

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music —Joan Miro

Pepe’s PodsInspiring caffeineArtistry

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons —T. S. Eliot

Out of NahForeshadow of artIt’s all Yah

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness —Tadao Ando

Life goes onImitating artWhich is long

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth —John Ruskin

Storied blocksof gilded liliesStoop to gag

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation —James Boswell

Once the hareWisdom’s souvenirTortoise taught

We often attribute ‘understanding’ and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars … but nothing is proved by such attributions —John Searle

Light Music
The colors of ears
Opera

Anon’s Tales
Fabulous phenoms
Names in lights

Plumage rhymes
Chirping chromatic
Inflections

Eonic
Rotation engraves
The sea prints

Color wheels
Round earth rolling
Print gravures

Pepe’s Pods
Inspiring caffeine
Artistry

Out of Nah
Foreshadow of art
It’s all Yah

Life goes on
Imitating art
Which is long

Storied blocks
of gilded lilies
Stoop to gag

Once the hare
Wisdom’s souvenir
Tortoise taught