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Solitude, a photograph

“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous – to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.” ― Thomas Mann, Death in...

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All we might, a photograph

“The price we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is a perpetual anxiety that we are far from being all we might be.” — Alain de Botton

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Work, a photograph

“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may …...

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One’s entire life, a photograph

“How concrete everything becomes in the world of the spirit when an object, a mere door, can give images of hesitation, temptation, desire, security, welcome and respect. If one were to give an account...

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Hazy shade of winter, a photograph

Ahhh, seasons change with the scenery Weaving time in a tapestry Won’t you stop and remember me But look around, leaves are brown now And the sky is a hazy shade of winter Look around, leaves are brown...

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Even more, a photograph

“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol

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My sake, a print

“It’s not art for art’s sake, it’s art for my sake. “ – D.H. Lawerence

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Life, a photograph

“It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.” – Aldous Huxley

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Fate, a photograph

“Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Kismet, a photograph

kis·met ˈkizmit,-ˌmet/ noun destiny; fate. “what chance did I stand against kismet?”   Above – Native American Sweat Lodge Below – Self Portrait

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Intellect, a photograph

“The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.” –...

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Water without sounds, A photograph of fine art.

Below is a photograph of Katsura Finakoshi’s painted camphor wood and marble sculpture “Water without Sounds.” It can be found at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany.  Mr. Finakoshi deserves more...

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Art, a photograph

“In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.” Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1933

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Floods, a photograph

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no...

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Here, a photograph

“The world is quiet here.” – Lemony Snicket

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Good sea, a photograph

“I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea– do I have to choose between the two?” – David Byrne

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Fellows, a photograph

“Only when a person reaches old age can he stop caring about the opinions of his fellows, or of the public, or of the future.” – Milan Kundera

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99, a photograph

“If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.” – Warren Buffett

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Ireland, a photograph

“The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination” ― George Bernard Shaw  

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Coastal Ireland, a photograph

“The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.” ― James Joyce

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