A true master reveals it in his (or her) every action.
—Samurai Maxim
9 May 2014
6 May 2014
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
—Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
4 May 2014
3 May 2014
If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.
—Leonard Cohen (thanks to Linda Bloomfield for the quotable)
2 May 2014
Children not looking at modern art…
At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art… (source)
1 May 2014
30 April 2014
You cannot point an accusing finger without leaving three directed at yourself.
—Igbo (Nigeria) proverb
(Thanks to Chaz Maviyane-Davies for the truism).
29 April 2014
Whatever You Are, Be a Good One
(reposted from Brain Pickings)
Whatever You Are, Be a Good One is an impossibly charming compendium of 100 wise and timeless thoughts from some of history’s greatest minds, hand-lettered by illustrator Lisa Congdon. The common thread underpinning these quotes — which include such beloved luminaries as Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Henry James, Anne Lamott, Søren Kierkegaard, and Leo Tolstoy himself — is Congdon’s own sensibility about what it means to live with kindness and integrity, to cherish beauty and ultimately to be a good human being.
See more here.
27 April 2014
Today is World Communication Design Day…
And of course it’s a day that I can’t help but think of our dear, recently-departed friend and colleague… Guy A. Schockaert.
Competition stimulates, cooperation reinforces, and solidarity unites.
26 April 2014
It started on a Thursday…
Gimli, Manitoba
Today we delivered one of Ev’s sculptures to Mermaid’s Kiss Gallery in the lakeside resort town of Gimli—the first time this work is on exhibit in a gallery, and Ev’s first piece in this attractive venue. Drop by and have a look if you’re in the area…
It started on a Thursday…
hand-built clay figure, with fired glazes and partial cold finish; assemblage with metal findings on stained wooden base (old-growth fir);
380mm x 275mm x 380mm.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil…