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“The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself. 💙💙💙🔵🔷🔹👩🎨👩🎨
If you want to feel alive, be around little kids who are making art! 🧑🏻🎨👩🎨🔵🔹🔷🔵💙💙💙 Then, you can feel the joy of making art like a little kid I love this… It sums up my feelings and processes as I approach my seventh decade. Another Street
The American singer-songwriter, Portia Nelson, was attending a writers’ workshop when she was asked to compose her autobiography in five short chapters. This is what she scrawled on a quintet of notecards. Perhaps you know it. Chapter 1 I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost… I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. Chapter 2 I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend that I don’t see it. I fall in again. I can’t believe I am in this same place. But, it isn’t my fault. It still takes a long time to get out. Chapter 3 I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in … it’s a habit … but, my eyes are open. I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately. Chapter 4 I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it. Chapter 5 I walk down another street. "You know how every once in a while May doings:
“Allow yourself to have space – even if it’s just a journal – where different notes can come together in new ways. Like an artist uses a sketchbook to explore concepts, it makes a difference when you have room to practice crafting something meaningful into shape.” - Morgan Harper Nichols And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, “Not I, nor anyone else can travel Retirement
Threaded air pillows.
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