Refined White

Found this quote today in the Susan Powter book The Politics of Stupid.
It cracked me up and had me laughing out loud for real!

Here it is in all its' glory:

"Refined white flour,
refined white sugar,
and refined white men
are directly connected."

If you want to know more about the book it's on my shelf at the bottom of the blog page.
way
down
there...

Speak for yourself

"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt."
~Henry J Kaiser

This is an interesting quote. As an artist I tend to agree with it. An old professor of mine used to say "You will not be standing next to your work explaining what you meant. Your art has to speak for it's self." Well prof. I have found art (any form) speaks different languages to different people. That can be frustrating or fun, and it's unavoidable.

What I do find a bit disturbing is that it is quite difficult to find good quotes by notable woman.

Speaking of which...
Last night I had a great start for a short story script. It was midnight and I was falling into blissful sleep not wanting to get up and write it down. The words came like poetry. I knew it would be gone in the morning...and it was. However, something is brewing inside of me and will eventually see the light of day. Hopefully sooner than later.

Change

"There is nothing like returning to a place
that remains unchanged to find the ways
in which you yourself have altered."
~Nelson Mandela

My calendar had this quote on it for Monday but I find it a fitting end to the week. I have changed so much in my life that sometimes I don't even recognize myself. lol. I look into the mirror and say "Who is that!"

For example: There was a time when I wanted to go to all the Dunkin Donuts bakeries. I kid you not. Loved those Donuts! While I still like the occasional doughnut. Don't think I've had one (or wanted one) in at least 4 years. My waistline thanks me...though not enough.

Are you bigger than a bug?

Check out this doosey I found last night.

"If you think you are too small to be effective,
you have never been in bed with a mosquito."

~Betty Reese

HA! Now that's a good one.

Imagine New Possibilities

I missed President's day by a bit but it still a good quote:

"Towering genius disdains a beaten path.
It seeks regions hitherto unexplored."

~Abraham Lincoln

Impossibilities

Two quotes today because I like them both and couldn't decide which one not to use. ;)

"We forfeit three-fourths of our self to be like other people."
- Arthur Schopenhauer

That's a lot people! Let your true self shine. No one else can bring to the world what you can.
and the second bit of wisdom...

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
-Walt Disney

Walt was told many times in his life that he couldn't do what he wanted to do. He succeeded because he never gave up.

Sliding into home

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Unfortunately, some of us detest Mondays.

If you don’t dig your work find something else.
This may take some quiet time.
If life leaves you empty, fill it with something satisfying.
Live like you mean it.

I forget that sometimes we have to find our passion again. Drag it up from where it fell. Shine a healing light on it, and tend it like a fragile seedling for it to continue to grow and blossom into the giant beanstalk that it was meant to be.

“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Chocolate in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO-HOO! What a ride!”
~unknown

I'm not a religious person but I just have to say "Amen" to that!

When I despair...

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When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall.
Think of it...always.

~Mahatma Ghandi
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Thought of the day

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The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.
~ Deepak Chopra
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Thought of the day

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We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
-Sir Thomas Browne
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Qutoe of the Day

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We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

~Sir Thomas Browne

Words

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It grows wild in the meadow
and wild in my heart.
It fills the empty hole in my soul.
Magic lives wherever it does grow.
~

Quote of the Day

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Sometimes you must become simple, strip away all ambition until you are bare, before you can build from the true design in your heart. Some pieces can be recycled, re-used, reincorporated. The other things, that took away your strength and energy, are ready to be discarded into the void, to be transformed by the mystery.

~Unknown

Thought of the day

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There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning.

~Louis L'Amour

On Caterpillars

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When it reaches a certain stage of its evolution, a caterpillar starts to consume more than it can handle. It becomes extremely voracious and becomes extremely disfigured and grotesque, and its cells begin to go into chaos and start to die.

Within the body of the caterpillar at that time there are a few scattered cells, which biologists refer to as imaginal cells, and these imaginal cells start to connect with each other. And when they reach a certain critical mass of connectivity, a genetic mutation occurs which has a genetic code for a different species: a butterfly with wings and a flight to freedom and a desire for that flight to freedom and beautiful colors. And this genetic code also has a gene that allows the connected imaginal cells to use the decaying body of the caterpillar, the liquefying mass, as their nutritious soup.

~Deepak Chopra

That's pretty awesome! Just think if we had imaginal cells.

Teachers

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Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

~Chinese Proverb

Pillows

I've wanted to sew quotes onto pillows for my media room. They could serve as reminder to stay inspired, even during intermissions.
But until I get a media room and the time to make the pillows--I'll post them here.

We are the new women,
we are the old women,
we are the same women,
stronger than before.
~Kisma Stepanich

The Edge

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Let me guess.
You met a medieval man who told you that the world was flat.
Being a cynic, you wanted to prove him wrong.
So, you set off to circumnavigate the world.
Sadly, you once looked back the way you had come.
Just at that time "the edge" appeared and you promptly fell off.
~
The Edge by Tashai

Chaos

Sometimes days of Chaos
can lead to
unexpected moments of
peace.

Poem by Tashai

Quote of the Day

OMG! Tear out my guts and fry them up in a pan.
~RL