“You have right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.” — Anaïs Nin Frank Stella: Experiment and Change exhibition at NSU Art Museum, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, offers insight into the artist’s experimentation from minimalism (e.g. the geometry of simple black paintings) to maximalism (e.g. the spatially complex sculptures … More Experiment
“You can look in the mirror and find a million things wrong with yourself. Or you can look in the mirror and think, ‘I feel good, I have my health, and I’m so blessed.’ That’s the way I choose to look at it.” — Isla Fisher * * * Perception of beauty — Iguana … More Acceptance
“…in nature there are predators and prey. The hunters and the hunted. The heartbreakers and the heartbroken. The beautiful thing is that Nature lets us choose which we want to be, most people never make the choice though because they don’t even know they have it.” — Lynn Weingarten * * * Green … More Stalking
“When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul.” — A. D. Williams * * * Nala — Terry’s soulmate. Watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor © 2018. Visit Mary’s painting gallery here to see more of … More Soulful
“I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring.” — individuality * * * Which is which, and whose is whose? — Photo by Kevin Logozzo © 2018
“Certainty creates strength. Certainty gives one something upon which to learn. Uncertainty creates weakness. Uncertainty makes one tentative if not fearful, and tentative steps, even when in the right direction, may not overcome significant obstacles.” — John M. Barry * * * Normally fleet-footed plover takes tentative steps over shore rocks — Photo by … More Tentativeness
“The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.” — William Temple * * * “Mac and Caw” — Acrylics painting of two Macaws by Mary O’Connor © 2018 View more in Gallery of Our Natural World
“The most worthwhile thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.” — Robert Baden-Powell * * * “Best Friend” — Terry Logozzo’s Siberian Husky friend, Scout. Watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor © 2018 View more in Pet Portraits Gallery
“I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone – you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.” — Alyson Noel “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All of … More Loss
“When you’re in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things to. That’s the consolation of philosophy.” — David Cronenberg * * * Which way shall I go? … More Perspective
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