Tag Archives: Art

Carnegie

Posted on September 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Across the United States, one man’s wealth is responsible for the building not hundreds but thousands of libraries. Carnegie by Michael Romani In the annals of American history Andrew Carnegie bequested his legacy As a force of Gilded Age philanthropy … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged American History, Andrew Carnegie, Art, Astronomy, City, Community, Dignity, Fortune, Gilded Age, Knowledge, Legacy, Lessons, Library, Literate, Monument, Philanthropy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Portal, Town, United States, Wealth, Welcome, Wisdom | Leave a comment

First Principles: Tact Is the Art of Making A Point Without Making An Enemy

Posted on August 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” – Isaac Newton

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Downsizing

Posted on August 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I used to know someone who would tell me about tiny houses. So, it was sort of an interesting surprise to see that Netflix has a series that premiered today about these. It’s amazing how much it turns out can … Continue reading →

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What Is Art?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I was sitting on a swing in a virtual world and thinking on how beautiful the build was that had been designed to evoke and memorialize my dead family members and close friends who had died before their time and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ars, Art, Axiology, Balance, Beauty, Build, Circumstance, Comfort, Concept, Craft, Define, Deny, Determination, Dread, Dream, Effort, Era, Escape, Evidence, Evoke, Expression, Eyes, Fail, Fear, Form, Formal Quality, Hang, Harmony, Heart, Hue, Imiate, Know, Meaning, Memorial, Mimesis, Mind, Organic, Origin, Originality, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Rendition, Representation, Response, Rhythm, Show, Skill, Soul, Spill, Truth, Ugly, Unity, Value, Views, Virtual, Wall, Way, World | Leave a comment

Art and the Box Office

Posted on August 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Is the art of Broadway or a movie measured by box office or by other standards? Art and the Box Office by Michael Romani It may seem a bit of artifice To say that art isn’t measured by the box … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Artifice, Balance, Box Office, Compromise, Corrupt, Doubt, Establishment, Life, Measure, Perfect Jewel, Persuasion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Showmanship, Soul, Tarnish, Wise, Youth | Leave a comment

In A Honeyed Land

Posted on July 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Every biome or space in nature or land has a particular carrying capacity for what can be taken from it without removing the stability found there. Also, for how much life and of what kinds it can support. But, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Beauty, Bee, Biome, Burden, Carrying Capacity, Chaos, Cultivate, Ecology, Explain, Family, Fram, Greed, Heart, Honey, Hurt, Inference, Interference, Intimacy, Isolate, Longevity, Macedonia, Macro, Micro, Misery, Money, Need, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sustain, Sustenance, Trouble, Voice Over Narration | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: In Your Light, I Learned How To Love

Posted on July 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” – Rumi

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Blown Away

Posted on July 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I guess it’s not much of a confession to say that I love art and the arts, right? Have you ever looked at what it takes to create blown glass art? Years ago, at an amusement park I know of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accident, Art, Attention, Beauty, Blown Glass, Break, Breath, Butterfly, Chice, Clock, Cool, Correct, Cracking, Creativity, Design, Desire, Disaster, Eternity, Face, Finesse, Fire, Flowers, Fragile, Funnels, Furnace, Glory Hole, Gravity, Haunt, Heart, Hollow Pipe, Inspirtation, Intimate, Lesson, Light, Lime, Liquid Glass, Maker, Master, Meditation, Mold, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Punsies, Rendition, Reveal, Roll, Sand, Scuplt, Shakers, Shape, Simple, Snapshot, Soda, Tick, Vase, Vases, Voice, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Art Is An Attempt To Bring Order Out of Chaos

Posted on July 14, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” – Stephen Sondheim

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What Is the Enough?

Posted on June 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Of some things, we can never have enough. What Is the Enough? by Michael Romani Of nature, art and poetry All of these things dear to me There is never enough to be enough Nothing in the world can ever … Continue reading →

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