Posts tagged ‘The poetry of art’

Jul 20

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“The present time, together with the past, shall be judged by a great jovialist.” — Nostradamus

Will it be wine and roses, or milk and honey?

Back when TVs and phones sprouted rotary dials and hearses grew tail fins, Marshall McLuhan observed: We look at the present through a rear-view mirror, march backwards into the future.
What kind of future are we backing into at present? For answers, a great jovialist consults a prophet of doom.

“For a long time, I have been making many predictions, far in advance of events since come to pass, naming the particular locality. I acknowledge all to have been accomplished through divine power and inspiration.”

— Nostradamus

Jul 2

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“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” — Rumi

Following our previous post, “True Tile Tales,” we picked these tales up off the cutting-room floor, and the tiles came with them. A little bird told us they wouldn’t lie. So, truth be told…

Some stories are true that never happened.

— Elie Wiesel

Jun 19

“There was a message written in pencil on the tiles by the roller towel. This was it: What is the purpose of life? … To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

Our myths glow, as tiles made of clay and compassion, with the fire of gods.

“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.” —Auguste Rodin

May 29

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“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

“Waiting for a gift from the sea” is a metaphor of practicing patience as its own reward, as virtue must be, for goodness’ sake. If inner strength and endurance are among all good things that come to those who wait, well, a gift from the sea is worth waiting for.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

— Saint Francis de Sales

May 12

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“Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

When there’s nothing else he’d rather do, a writer on a raft, idles on the tide. This series of picture poetry is an artist’s impressions of words which emerge from idling well.

Posts tagged ‘The poetry of art’

“The present time, together with the past, shall be judged by a great jovialist.” — Nostradamus

Will it be wine and roses, or milk and honey?

Back when TVs and phones sprouted rotary dials and hearses grew tail fins, Marshall McLuhan observed: We look at the present through a rear-view mirror, march backwards into the future.
What kind of future are we backing into at present? For answers, a great jovialist consults a prophet of doom.

“For a long time, I have been making many predictions, far in advance of events since come to pass, naming the particular locality. I acknowledge all to have been accomplished through divine power and inspiration.”

— Nostradamus

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“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” — Rumi

Following our previous post, “True Tile Tales,” we picked these tales up off the cutting-room floor, and the tiles came with them. A little bird told us they wouldn’t lie. So, truth be told…

Some stories are true that never happened.

— Elie Wiesel

Read more

“There was a message written in pencil on the tiles by the roller towel. This was it: What is the purpose of life? … To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

Our myths glow, as tiles made of clay and compassion, with the fire of gods.

“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.” —Auguste Rodin

Read more

“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

“Waiting for a gift from the sea” is a metaphor of practicing patience as its own reward, as virtue must be, for goodness’ sake. If inner strength and endurance are among all good things that come to those who wait, well, a gift from the sea is worth waiting for.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

— Saint Francis de Sales

Read more

“Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

When there’s nothing else he’d rather do, a writer on a raft, idles on the tide. This series of picture poetry is an artist’s impressions of words which emerge from idling well.

It is better to idle well than to work poorly.

— Anon

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Posts tagged ‘The poetry of art’

Will it be wine and roses, or milk and honey?

Back when TVs and phones sprouted rotary dials and hearses grew tail fins, Marshall McLuhan observed: We look at the present through a rear-view mirror, march backwards into the future.What kind of future are we backing into at present? For answers, a great jovialist consults a prophet of doom.

“For a long time, I have been making many predictions, far in advance of events since come to pass, naming the particular locality. I acknowledge all to have been accomplished through divine power and inspiration.”

— Nostradamus

Following our previous post, “True Tile Tales,” we picked these tales up off the cutting-room floor, and the tiles came with them. A little bird told us they wouldn’t lie. So, truth be told…

Some stories are true that never happened.

— Elie Wiesel

Our myths glow, as tiles made of clay and compassion, with the fire of gods.

“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.” —Auguste Rodin

“Waiting for a gift from the sea” is a metaphor of practicing patience as its own reward, as virtue must be, for goodness’ sake. If inner strength and endurance are among all good things that come to those who wait, well, a gift from the sea is worth waiting for.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

— Saint Francis de Sales

When there’s nothing else he’d rather do, a writer on a raft, idles on the tide. This series of picture poetry is an artist’s impressions of words which emerge from idling well.

It is better to idle well than to work poorly.

— Anon

Back when TVs and phones sprouted rotary dials and hearses grew tail fins, Marshall McLuhan observed: We look at the present through a rear-view mirror, march backwards into the future.
What kind of future are we backing into at present? For answers, a great jovialist consults a prophet of doom.