I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world...plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera. ~ Edward Tufte
Perspective
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Paradox
I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes. Maxine Hong Kingston
Healing
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.”
Mental Illness
My doctor asked if anyone in my family suffered from mental illness. I said, "No, we all seem to enjoy it."
Jeff’s daily humor
Vision
Is there a more mysterious idea for the artist than to imagine the way nature is reflected in an animal’s eye. How does a horse see the world? Or an eagle? Or a deer or a dog? What a miserable convention that leads us to place animals in a landscape that pertains to our eyes rather than plunging ourselves into the animal’s soul in an attempt to understand his vision of things.
Go Far
If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.
Attributed to many though Unknown Origin
Time
Time is not a ribbon. It is a ball. So if you take a step in another direction, you change everything.
Adrian’s nana, Aileen Fenton (Briscoe)
Iris
Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.
Tundra swan
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
Yes!
yes
is a world
and in this
world of yes
live all worlds
Elizabeth Oakley Weaver 