That's Rare

"I don’t know how you define masterpiece. 

Yes, lights go on, bells ring. 

You can’t think about anything else. 

You keep calling everybody, carrying on. 

That’s rare."

~ Joni Evans

Then It Goes Out

"Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. 

Your stuff starts out being just for you, 

in other words, but then it goes out."

~ Stephen King

This quote made me smile as I continue to work on my essay about my Grandma Emily.

Oh Sun

"Return me, oh sun, to my wild destiny."

~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Catch Their Stars

"Most folks never catch their stars."

~Paul Simon

The morning sun is so bright, it fills the sky with blazing light and looks like a gigantic star.

I Just Close My Eyes

"Daydreams, as it were… I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene."

~ Grandma Moses

Expect the Dawn

"Expect the dawn of a new beginning in the dark nights of life."

~ Lloyd John Ogilvie

A Good Heart

"A good heart's worth gold."

~ William Shakespeare

My home in Asheville is on the top of a mountain ridge. Every morning a glorious sunrise crests with light and love. I believe that the sun feeds our creativity and helps me in my practice of living with aloha. With my art, I share my heart with each of you…

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When People Open Their Hearts

"What happens 

when people open their hearts? …They get better."

~ Haruki Murakami

This morning's easy equation-- Open = Love in, love out...

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Also Dream Beings

"All human beings are also dream beings. 

Dreaming ties all mankind together."

~ Jack Kerouac

Happy Easter

"How different our lives are

 when we really know what is 

deeply important to us, 

and keeping that picture in mind, 

we manage ourselves each day 

to be and to do what really matters most."

~ Stephen R. Covey

A Secret About a Secret

"A photograph is a secret about a secret.

The more it tells you the less you know."

~ Diane Arbus

Watch With Glittering Eyes

"Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, 

because the greatest secrets are always hidden 

in the most unlikely places. 

Those who don’t who don’t believe 

in magic will never find it."

~ Roald Dahl

Attempt To Understand

"Empathy does not mean 

that we must accept the other’s view. 

It simply means that we are willing 

to attempt to understand it."

~ Leo Buscaglia

I photographed a golden sunrise this morning, very nice, but soon after the crest, as I was preparing Kolo's insulin and breakfast, I noticed how glorious the risen sun was through the dining room window. I could not resist the shot.

Newly Fallen Snow

"Life is like a field of newly fallen snow. 

Where I choose to walk, 
every step will show."

~ Denis Waitley

With first light this morning, a surprise: about 1/2 inch of snow. What delight. With this white frosting, the ordinary takes on a new appearance. 

Fill the Brain

"Fill the brain with high thoughts, 

highest ideals, place them day and 

night before you, 

and out of that will come Great work."

~ Vivekananda

Belonging There

"Being with you is like walking on a very clear morning-- 

definitely the sensation of belonging there."

~ E. B. White

Create a Spark

7:43 AM

"The artist must create a spark 

before he can make a fire 

and before art is born, 

the artist must be ready 

to be consumed by the fire 

of his own creation."

~ Auguste Rodin

The Moon

Still the crescent moon, just a whisper at dawn.

"A Poet... has no Identity--

he is continually... filling some other Body--

the Sun, the Moon, the Sea and Men and Women."

~ John Keats

I Choose to Live

"Every breath I take becomes deeper, 

and I become more confident of myself 

without my crutches. 

The lies I've filled 

my body and soul with 

aren't needed anymore. 

They're not welcome. 

I choose to live, not just exist."

~ James Hetfield

Think Big

"Think big and don't listen to people 

who tell you it can't be done. 

Life's too short to think small."

~ Tim Ferriss