Art · Reflection
MAN RAY ~ ON PAINTERS
“To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.” Man Ray Self portrait with chess set
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Literature · Reflection
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER ~ SADNESS OF THE INTELLECT
SADNESS OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart; Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean]; Sadness of having options; Sadness of wanting sadness; Sadness of confusion;
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Poetry · Reflection
JOHN KEATS ~ DREAMERS
“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.” John Keats
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Music · Reflection
NINA SIMONE ~ WILD IS THE WIND (ORIGINAL)
“Let the wind blow through your heart. You touch me, I hear the sound of Mandoline… You kiss me, with your kiss my life begins…♥♥♥”
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Poetry · Reflection
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON ~ SADNESS
“Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some devine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.” Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Literature · Reflection
OSCAR WILDE ~ SOUL AND SENSES
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” Oscar Wilde (The picture of Dorian Gray)
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Literature · Reflection
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER ~ SADNESS
“He awoke each morning with the desire to do right, to be a good and meaningful person, to be, as simple as it sounded and as impossible as it actually was, happy. And during the course of each day his heart would descend from his chest into his stomach. By early afternoon he was
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Art · Reflection
THE TANGO ~ MUSIC OF PASSION AND MALINCONIA
SENSUALITY IN MUSIC THE TANGO “A Sad thought dancing” that migrated from the brothels of Buenos Aires to the European dance halls. Several great writers have written tango songs, but the greatest and most profound lyricist is Enrique Santos Discepolo. The man who defined the tang
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Literature · Reflection
TURGENJEV ~ ON POETS
A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away. Ivan Turgenjev Painting Portrait of Turgenjev by Ilja Repin
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Art · Reflection
ANTONI GAUDI ~ ON CREATION
The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create…he discovers. Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. Copiers do not collaborate. Because of this, originality consists in returning t
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Art · Reflection
FERNAND KHNOPFF ~ MY HEART IS CRYING
“Mon coeur pleure d’autrefois” 1889 by Fernand Khnopff Belgian 1858-1921
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Music · Reflection
ISAAC HAYES ~ THE LOOK OF LOVE
My love, you got the look of love love love I just want to feel your arms around me…
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