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Thought For the Day: Art Is the Elimination of the Unnecessary
“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” – Pablo Picasso, painter, and sculptor (1881-1973)
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Identical
Perhaps it is a bit much too parenthetical To point out how the technique is identical In that which the skaters do employ And in bad taste to say so as they enjoy Spinning in so many circles that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Cherish, Daily Prompt, Ice Dance, Ice Skate, Identical, Romance, Symmetrical, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Express
I use to dream of traveling by rail Hoping to express myself into tale after tale Looking out of my car’s little window Finding words to help express and explore my soul All of those little tales that I might … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Daily Prompt, Express, Photograph, Poetry, Rail, Travel, Wordpress, Write
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Thought For the Day: The Freedom To Criticize Brings True Praise As Well
“Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise”. -Pierre Beaumarchais, playwright (1732-1799)
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Thought For the Day: Love of Beauty and Reverence for Tradition Make for the Best of Art
“The scientific spirit, the contempt of tradition, the lack of discipline and the exaltation of the individual have very nearly made an end of art. It can only be restored by the love of beauty, the reverence for tradition, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Beauty, Classicism, Discipline, Individualism, Kenyon Cox, Rigor, Self Control, Thought For the Day, Tradition
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Thought For the Day: Our Lives Are the Clay From Which We Create
“A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artist, Better Place, Experience, Feelings, Jorge Luis Borges, Purpose, Raw Material, Thought For the Day, Writer
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15,001 Photographs
Just reached number 15,000. Kind of proud of that. Despite my ex wife destroying 14,000 plus photographs taken mostly of nature and destroying my cameras, I have now more or less made up for that through of use of experimenting … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bible Study Tools, Digital, Photographs, Sailing, Topographic Oceans, Virtual Reality
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Thought For the Day: Painting Is Poetry
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci There is a lot to be said for the beauty of God’s creation. If anyone were to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Feelings, Leonardo da Vinci, Painting, Poetry, Seen, Thought For the Day, Verse
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Thought For the Day: Nature, Art & Poetry Are Enough
“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” – Vincent van Gogh And that’s pretty much what I have had today. After multiple hours dealing with computer technical issues and … Continue reading
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