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Thought For the Day: The Mysterious Is the Source of All True Art and Science
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein
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Taking Stock
The Summer of 1969 was a defining moment in the life of America. The currents that led to it swept away many of the traditions of the past in that season of our discontent. Taking Stock by Michael Romani Bethel, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, America, Art, Assassination, Bethel, Better, Beyond, Bobby Kennedy, Brotherhood, Change, Choice, Clear, Defer, Different, Disaster, Discontent, Disillusion, Dream, Edge, Flood, Generation, Groove, Happening, Ignore, Illusion, Know, Lght, Loud, Music, Nation, Notoriety, Pain, Parents, Peace, Photograph, Pilgrim, Plan, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Proud, Rain, Reverent, Revolution, Satisfy, Scream, Society, Storm, Strife, Summer, Tears, Thought, Transform, Vietnam, Voice, Wrath
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Thought For the Day: Art Is To Represent Not Outward Appearance, but, Inward Significance
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle
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Tagged Aim, Appearance, Aristotle, Art, Inward, Outward, Represent, Significance, Thought For the Day
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Carnegie
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
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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
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First Principles: Tact Is the Art of Making A Point Without Making An Enemy
“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” – Isaac Newton
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Tagged Art, Enemy, First Principles, Isaac Newton, Make, Point, Tact
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What Is Art?
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
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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
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Art and the Box Office
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
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Tagged Art, Artifice, Balance, Box Office, Compromise, Corrupt, Doubt, Establishment, Life, Measure, Perfect Jewel, Persuasion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Showmanship, Soul, Tarnish, Wise, Youth
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Thought For the Day: In Your Light, I Learned How To Love
“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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