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April 19, 2024
EssayFrank Sinatra: Louis Armstrong makes me feel humble in his presence. He became a legend in his lifetime because he had the skill of a true artist, the strength of a demon and the h…
April 13, 2024
EssayFrank Sinatra: > Louis Armstrong makes me feel humble in his presence. He became a legend in his lifetime because he had the skill of a true artist, the strength of a demon and the…
April 9, 2024
EssaySex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's one of the best. — Woody Allen It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it's eas…
April 6, 2024
EssayLEAVE THE MIRROR AND CHANGE YOUR FACE. LEAVE THE WORLD ALONE AND CHANGE YOUR CONCEPTION OF YOURSELF. NEVILLE A MYTH IS A TEAR IN THE FABRIC OF REALITY THROUGH WHICH ALL OF THIS SPI…
April 2, 2024
Essay> Photography isn't a matter of taking pictures. It's a matter of having an eye. The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the personality and the character of the handler.…
March 29, 2024
EssayLOVE IS AN ACT OF FAITH & WHOEVER IS OF LITTLE FAITH IS ALSO OF LITTLE LOVE. ERICH FROMM THE HIGHEST ECSTASY IS THE ATTENTION AT ITS FULLEST. HUMANISM WAS NOT WRONG IN THINKING…
March 25, 2024
EssayEVERYTHING has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not. RAOUL VANELGEM DEEP SEXUAL…
March 22, 2024
EssayPeople were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used. > Be who God meant yo…
March 17, 2024
EssayHappy St. Patrick's Day SWAMI RAMANANDA: PLANTING SEEDS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE We commit ourselves, in the daily ways we can, to live by the yogic values that we have embraced: *…
March 12, 2024
EssayTEAR DOWN THE WALLS. KAVIJI BRICK BY BRICK BE VULNERABLE AND TENDER COURT YOUR INNER BEAUTY LOVE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT REFUSE TO BE DEFINED OR LIMITED THROW OPEN THE DOORS AND FL…
March 9, 2024
Essay> No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. > > Plato > When the student is ready the teacher appears. When the student is truly ready, the teacher disappears. > > Lao Tzu…
March 5, 2024
Essay> The highest wisdom is continual cheerfulness: such a state, like the region above the moon, is always clear and serene. > > Michel Montaigne > Keep the circus going inside you, k…
February 29, 2024
EssayREALITY IS DEFINED THROUGH THE SCOPE OF HOW YOU PERCEIVE THE WORLD. SONJA GRACE DON'T THINK about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whethe…
February 24, 2024
EssayWhen we align ourselves with that higher will, we allow ourselves to become an instrument of that will. Swami Ramananda The only way to find true happiness is to risk being complet…
February 21, 2024
EssayAdventure & excitement are the two things missing from civilization. Danger keeps you on your toes. — Jim Bridwell The key to change is to let go of fear. — Rosanne Cash To simply…
February 17, 2024
EssayDo exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. Meister Eckhart > So therefore I dedicate myself to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my sufferance, my loneliness, my u…
February 12, 2024
EssayMARTIN AMIS > Donald Trump: "Hammily scowling out from under an omelet of makeup and tanning cream & has a little woodland creature that sleeps on his head." > We can easily forgiv…
February 10, 2024
Essay> In the first place God made idiots. That was for practice. — Mark Twain > There is a short period in everyone’s life when his character is fixed forever. — George Orwell There is…
February 6, 2024
EssayI don't talk about consciousness. I talk about interiority. Ken Wilber I try to picture my books being acted out. Picture books are the distillation of an idea and you have to use…
January 31, 2024
EssayVera Klement — 1929–2024 — painter. > To me every painting I make is extremely joyous, extremely exhilarating. They recognize the nightmare but confirm rather than deny human life.…
January 29, 2024
Essay> The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. Albert Einstein > The…
January 26, 2024
EssayW. SOMERSET MAUGHAM — BIRTHDAY — JAN. 26, 2024 — PLUS — MELANIE — CHARLES OSGOOD > No television set that's made, no screen that you can find, can compare with that of radio, the t…
January 24, 2024
EssayFROM THESE TIMES, I CAN GIVE SIMPLE ADVICE: DON'T BE AFRAID. LEV RUBINSTEIN 1947-2024 LIFE IS WORTH LIVING WHEN YOU ARE GIVING. FEDERICO FELLINI 1920-1993 " Amarcord" Fellini's Sat…
January 20, 2024
Essay> The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything. > > Eckhart Tolle > It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative on…