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To The Mist That Refreshes Me All Days, My Love Always, Namaste, Miguel

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

~The Dalai Lama

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Change is Inevitable

As Buddhists, we work to accept the impermanence and inevitable decay of the physical body. But it’s not enough to accept it as a fact; we can believe in this and still not want it in plain sight. Nagarjuna said, “Change makes all things possible.” It is… Continue

Added by Michael Forbus on December 4, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

AN ODE TO PICASSO

A new dawn breaks with pablo's ire,

To awaken a canvas with strokes of fire.

A myriad hues from reds to blues,

Finds it hard for even the discerning eye to choose.

What was it that made him great?

Even though his lines weren't straight!

The rest of the pack he left far behind,

Proving to the world the 20th centurys' greatest find.

His journey of course he left incomplete,

With many a work so subtly discreet.

Although we know that its hard to… Continue

Added by Prince Freakasso on November 26, 2009 at 1:47pm — 1 Comment

COMMITMENT!

Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:

That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen… Continue

Added by Ron Barrow on November 24, 2009 at 5:05pm — 1 Comment

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Added by Rip Caswell on November 10, 2009 at 7:32am — 3 Comments

A Little Dharma for the Weekend, bless you all dear Friends. Namaste, Miguel

Cloudspotting

Although cloudspotting is an activity best undertaken with time on your hands, it is something that everyone can enjoy. Clouds are the most egalitarian of nature's displays, since each one of us has a good view of them, so it really doesn't matter where you are. A little elevation never goes amiss, of course, but this could as easily be provided by a high-rise as by a mountain range of outstanding natural beauty. More important is the frame of mind you are in while… Continue

Added by Michael Forbus on November 7, 2009 at 3:54pm — No Comments

The Greatest Adventure

When every day you live becomes your greatest adventure life is an experience you are anxious to greet. While the concept is simple, the task can be overwhelming to accomplish. Maintaining hope and optimism from one day to the next can be a daunting chore in itself. It is always easier to have faith in an ideal than it is to live up to one. Daily events and the chaos of life can make it a challenge to consistently stay unwavering and on track in a person’s endeavors or… Continue

Added by RGebbiePhoto on November 3, 2009 at 1:48am — No Comments

The demons of paedophilias - Poem by Elisabetta Errani Emaldi

The demons of paedophilias

Paedophiles are voracious Lucifer who rob

the lives of the children of the world

without realizing that they slide in

the stench of their mental latrine.

Paedophiles are snakes that

crawl slowly towards the pure heart

of the innocent child.

The men, sons of the

Satanists of the paedophilias have abandoned

any dignity and are… Continue

Added by Elisabetta Errani Emaldi on October 30, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Work in Progress

I went to Jane Lee solo exhibit at www.osagegallery.com

I really like her works , the noodle-like ones and the ones that mimic cloth material , including folds. Something that I would like to do but somehow house paint does is not able to retain its shape.

Recently , I have been exploring gel mediums , modeling paste , plaster strips. The latex I ordered should be coming in next month.

I am using pallette knife this time ,… Continue

Added by Chong Lee Chiang Adrian on October 30, 2009 at 7:40pm — No Comments

The Rembrandt Code

The Rembrandt Code

by Henry Bateman

One of the world’s great paintings, Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Night Watch, has become the star of avant-gard film maker, Peter Greenaway’s latest movie, Rembrandt's J'accuse.

Greenaway is most widely known for his films, The Draughtsman's Contract, a 17th Century murder mystery, The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (Also rated as the world's lousiest movie on www.imdb.com ),… Continue

Added by Ramakrishna Yellepeddi on October 26, 2009 at 12:24pm — 2 Comments

FEATURED ANSWERS : SURE TO GENERATE IMPETUS!

I wish to thank all friends who are sending the replies. For the benefit of readers may I be allowed to publish some of the most interesting answers, like the one by :Minnie W. Shuler

www.ArtWanted.com/minnieshuler

QUESTIONS FOR ARTISTS

1. Where did your schooling in Art take place? or you have picked up painting on your own. How did you incline towards fine arts? The only place I was exposed to art was at home as a school age child. There was no art in our… Continue

Added by Hemant Shesh on October 13, 2009 at 1:20pm — No Comments

The sense of belonging -A personal view

The sense of belonging

A personal view

In India I have very often been asked: how did you get interested in Tukaram? A question that is asked by common people, journalists, press reporters, critics and enthusiasts who know the background. They were simply puzzled by my passion.

My journey led me from Umbraj to Bombay, and then to The Hague in Holland. I was a 17-year-old teenager from Umbraj, who had spent nine years as a Mumbaikar and twenty-five years as a… Continue

Added by Bhaskar Hande on October 13, 2009 at 11:28am — 2 Comments

A Black Substance / Substancia Nigro

Ousia/Being

A Black Substance / Substancia Nigro

In recent project Palkhisohala, I have been drawing, taking photographs, absorb minds of people, meeting to strangers too and documenting incidents in visual forms. Many photographs are taken as critical observation of objects and its artistic value in area of appreciation. Object or subject takes attention to view and chew. In visual documentation one need to know what is importance of images is. Monument is objet that explain… Continue

Added by Bhaskar Hande on October 11, 2009 at 7:22pm — 1 Comment

show your hope

While talking of hope and its directions of horizon with participant artists make me think very much bolder and wider then ever. Either side of hope between person and legal authoritarian transformed transparent fields into fugitive. Artists make them again insider of fugitive caves that shows other side brighter light beams try to break through. Contemporary subject are out of many subjects asks more attention. Because war seem always been contemporary subject to any generation. More ever, one… Continue

Added by Bhaskar Hande on October 11, 2009 at 6:24pm — No Comments

Give and Take in Art

Artists Residency

Give and Take in art between Holland and India started in 1997. My thoughts rolled over the process of learning and practising as an artist and poet in a foreign country. Being a painter, sculptor, printmaker and poet was diverse enough to roll out my thoughts to organise artistic activities between thw East and the West.

Basically I am the last corner of the square where I could meet and reflect myself. I complete the square me too. 23 years ago, after… Continue

Added by Bhaskar Hande on October 11, 2009 at 6:22pm — No Comments

A Sense of My Homeland

Dear Friend,

Ever the joy of shared dreams, perchance kindling,

long lost memories of times past, the joy of awakening,

together this infinite inner Divine repository.....

perhaps you may walk with us awhile.......

Ever the soulful fragrance of the tangle o' the

Isles haunts our dreams and fills us with delight

whispering to our hearts and souls of a life lived

full with nature in all her grandeur fair of times

past when such bonds of… Continue

Added by Alasdair Urquhart on October 11, 2009 at 11:16am — No Comments

Love Abounds from Miguel

Practice is what we are

Our lives, like the ocean, constantly change, and we will naturally face great storms and dreary lulls. How, then, to put our minds in a space where practice is always there, whether tumultuous or in the doldrums? It requires a completely radical view of practice: practice is not something we do; it is something we are. We are not separate from our practice, and so no matter what, our practice is present. An ocean swimmer is loose and flows with the current… Continue

Added by Michael Forbus on October 9, 2009 at 9:52pm — No Comments

Desire for the Higher Force

Why do we want something more or deeper than what everyday life offers?

Spiritual Journey Begins !!

And why ?

Because....

The humanity has developed over many lifetimes with desires for food, family, sex and shelter

and then they started to develope through wealth, power, honor and knowledge

Only after these stages Humanity desires to know the real source, one’s essence which is the meaning… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on October 9, 2009 at 2:19am — 1 Comment

Who We Are

Close your eyes and try to see with your heart.

Close your ears and hear only with your heart.

Don't close your mind but don't let your mind control You

Think with your heart as your heart is not illusive

Your heart can see what your eyes fail

Your heart can hear when the words and voices confuse me

Your heart has always the answer when your mind has black outs

Embrace your heart for it is the key to love.

Remember all love for love is the key to our… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on October 9, 2009 at 1:55am — No Comments

"ÎN VLAŞCA MEA" 2 poeme de George PENA

În Vlaşca…

În Vlaşca mea sunt fete multe

cu ochi frumoşi, cu buze dulci,

nu poţi noapea să te culci,

sunt tinerele, dar şi adulte-

în Vlaşca mea sunt fete multe.

Cu ochi frumoşi, cu buze dulci,

mergi cu drag în zori pe glie,

cu sufletul plin de poezie;

de le superi, poţi s-o-ncurci

cu ochi frumoşi, cu buze dulci.

Mergi cu drag în zori pe glie,

ştiu de glumă, tandreţe aleasă,

pe una mi-am făcut-o mireasă

şi… Continue

Added by Pena Gheorghe on October 7, 2009 at 11:29pm — No Comments

Suntem datori... poem de George Pena

SUNTEM DATORI...

Suntem datori
să fim mai buni,
mai buni,
şi-un suflet pur;

sfidând prostia
şi minciuni,
suntem datori
să fim mai buni.

Abia mai ştiu
copiii de bătrâni,
timpul
a devenit mai dur;

suntem datori
să fim tribuni
şi-ai vieţii fauri,
fără cusur.

Added by Pena Gheorghe on October 4, 2009 at 11:36am — 1 Comment