Fostering a new renaissance through creativity, authenticity, spirituality, and art
Okay, ignoring the stupid title, I really liked this book and give it five stars. I renewed it three times from the library – wangling one more than allowable as I was loath to give it up. It is about how and why to get processed foods out of your life and actually enjoy what … Read more
As promised (click here) I wanted to feature an example of vital picture books. Usually I’d promote individual picture books that were remarkable in themselves, which is not particularly the case here. This post is about a remarkable man and his ideas. Picture books about him best communicate his important message into the budding thought … Read more
“What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.” -John Updike
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. -Maya Angelou
“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.” – Aristotle
I loved this book and give it five stars. It struck me on many levels as it discusses the spirituality of creativity and making art, as well as techniques on writing better and enjoying reading more.
I admire Oprah and the authenticity she has stood for; she has been an example to America that authenticity can be profitable, and I applaud that in anyone. I also admire her courage and willingness to publicly explore her spirituality, her can-do attitude, her love for books, and her faith in what is good and right.
Here are some quotes by famous artists that are new to me. These quotes came from all sorts of sources. Enjoy!
Ever since I was little, I’ve loved a pithy quote. These are the ones I’ve been pondering and applying recently: “We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.” – The Talmud “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not … Read more
The parents were given the homework of reading Plato’s Apology, which is his account of Socrates’ defense at his trial. (Apologia in Greek means defense, not to say you are sorry…) The parents then, on Saturday morning of Parent’s Weekend had our own seminar on this reading to experience what it is like for our … Read more
It has been our role today to rejoice in our oldest child thriving in a rigorous college setting. She is happy, stimulated, challenged and exhausted. We are proud of her hard work and ongoing diligence to a demanding program. We sat in on her class today – a baffling discussion where no right answers were … Read more
I enjoy twitter and from it over the last six months, I’ve collected the inspirational art quotes below. I’m sharing the list now as it is beginning to get cumbersomely long; now I’ll start gathering afresh. Thanks to ArtbyScott2010 who I do not know but who contributed many of these! And to find me on … Read more
“Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction.” Diego Rivera 1886-1957 “If you could say it in words, there’d be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper “The most significant thing an artist can do is change our way of seeing.” Milton Glaser, Time Magazine 5/16/90 “I paint objects as I think them, not … Read more
My friend Fred emailed me the following quote from Steven Jobs, chairman of Apple Computer, who two days ago took a leave of absence for health reasons:
Virtue comes from spontaneously responding to the Creator and not from obedience to someone else’s limited ideas. William Blake says…