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December 18, 2014
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Work, for the Day is coming!

Made for the saints of light; Off with the garments dreary, On with the armor bright: Soon will the strife be ended, Soon all our toils below; Not to the dark we’re tending, But to the Day we go. Work, then, the Day is coming! No time for the sighing now! Harps for the hands

December 9, 2014
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There’s not a craving in the mind

Thou dost not meet and still; There’s not a wish the heart can have Which Thou dost not fulfill. All things that have been, all that are, All things that can be dreamed, All possible creations made, Kept faithful, or redeemed;- All these may draw upon Thy power, Thy mercy may command, And still outflows

November 29, 2014
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2 quotes from JRR Tolkien

No man can estimate what is really happening at the present sub specie aeternitatis (under the aspect of eternity). All we do know, and that to a large extent by direct experience – is that evil labors with vast power and perpetual success in vain; preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout

October 17, 2014
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…on the topic of movies >

this is on my “to do” list;

October 3, 2014
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2 nice music documentaries worth watching >

I know these have been out for a while – but I just watched them this week…Sound City and Muscle Shoals. Both documentaries have a lot of amazing talent and artists represented, but the conclusions about what makes great music remain mysterious at best. The Sound City documentary was spearheaded by Dave Grohl, ex-Nirvana drummer,

June 3, 2014
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the art of living…art and life

recently I was talking to someone about music, art and life. As often is the case the topic wove its way through the actual discipline of say, making a song or an artistic statement, and making a living. You know the argument; art vs commerce…artistic integrity…selling out and all that. Along with the topic of

May 21, 2014
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Bruegel > Spring

(click to enlarge) The Latin on the bottom translated; March April and May are the months of Spring / Spring, similar to childhood / In Spring golden Venus rejoices in flowery garlands “Spring” puts us in the garden of a noble or wealthy family. It is being planted and cared for by a number of

May 1, 2014
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20 reasons you won’t finish that song…

…or learn that instrument, write that book, complete that screenplay make that drawing or climb that mountain of passion in whatever form it may be. Here’s the deal, this is largely confessional. When I look at what kinds of impediments get in the way of my creative urges, I see patterns. Where I fail and

April 25, 2014
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M.C. Escher “I wish I’d learn to draw a little better! How much…

…effort and persistence it costs to try and do it well. Every once in a while the stress of it all drives me to the point of a nervous breakdown. It is really strictly a matter of persisting tenaciously with continuous and, if possible, pitiless self-criticism. I believe that to produce prints the way I

April 23, 2014
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gk chesterton > the fallacy of success

first published in 1915 – but oh so relevant today! There has appeared in our time a particular class of books and articles which I sincerely and solemnly think may be called the silliest ever known among men. They are much more wild than the wildest romances of chivalry and much more dull than the

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