"In preparing a picture,
it seems to me very important
to begin by an indication
of the darkest values--and to
continue in order to the lightest value.
From the darkest to the lightest
I would establish twenty shades."
(Camille Corot)
"He is still the strongest.
He anticipated everything."
(Edgar Degas)
"It is in the search
for quality that the artist is,
of necessity,
the eternal student."
(Rex Brandt)
"Our unconscious
is really good at quick
decision-making--it often delivers a better answer
than more deliberate and exhaustive ways of thinking."
(Malcolm Gladwell)
"Take care to get what you like
or you will be forced
to like what you get."
(George Bernard Shaw)
oh, i just adore this quote:
"Shock value only lasts so long."
(Robert Longo)
and, while you are here,
i share today one of my favourite
sunset photos. I took this photo
overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
"It is your
soul's duty
to be loyal to your desires."
(Rebecca West)
and in domestic news...
the water will be turned off
today,
all day long, here at home.
Hmmm.
That's not so fun, but at least
we had a few hours of warning.
"Each thing is of like form
from everlasting and comes round
again in its cycle."
(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)
"No one can make you feel inferior
without your consent."
Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937
"We are all apprentices
in a craft where no one ever
becomes a master."
(Ernest Hemingway)
photos: the lovely
town of Siena, Italy.
"Time and again
passion overwhelms reason."
(Alvaro Castagnet)
"You gain strength, courage and
confidence by every experience
in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You are able to say to yourself,
'I have lived through this horror.
I can take the next thing
that comes along.'
You must do the thing
you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt
ooh, have a look
at this new book by Sandra Boynton.
Happy Hippo, Angry Duck.
Really, who wouldn't want to read this? !
Click here for details...
"The great world
spins forever
down the ringing grooves of change."
(Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
In knitting news,
i've started a new project.
a small curtain for my kitchen window.
it's a lovely shade of blue ...
and i made a terrific and large swatch
with the yarn, measured many many
times before i cast on
for the actual Curtain.
So far, the curtain seems to be larger
in width than what i'd bargained for.
Not sure how this will play out.
it's a lacey design.
i am hoping for inspiration tomorrow.
"Your work
is to discover your work--and then
with all your
heart to give yourself to it."
(Buddha)
this is
Knitting bag for small projects.
it has a wide handle and
a smooth and Long zipper.
it's perfect for taking out of the house
when you may want to have something
to occupy your hands and/or your mind.
This little project bag
was a gift from a lovely friend.
"It is better,
of course,
to know useless things than to know nothing."
Seneca, Epistles
"The profoundest
thought or passion sleeps as in a mine,
until an equal mind and heart
finds and publishes it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
today we thank
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
for this beautiful quote:
"Work lovingly done,
is the secret of
all order and all happiness."
"First, lay down your head
then one by one
let go of all distractions.
Embrace the light and let it guide you
beyond the winds of desire.
There you will find a spring and
nourished by its sweet waters
like a tree you will bear fruit forever."
Rumi
Have you watched Friday's wedding?
wasn't it fun to see the
clothes, the hats,
the horses!? and of course,
the bride looked fabulous.
It's not often that i say that i like
such & such a bridal gown. but i actually
loved that wedding gown.
Weddings can
be such fun
and of course lovely celebrations.
I certainly enjoyed all the "pretty".
for many people who
draw, write and create in
a myriad of ways, these words
ring true. . .
"Observation and study
are necessary to achieve
mastery of light and form."
(Andrew Loomis)
"In preparing a picture,
it seems to me very important to
begin by an indication of the
darkest values--and to
continue in order to the lightest value.
From the darkest to the lightest
I would establish twenty shades."
(Camille Corot)
