"Invention, the spontaneous generation of new rules, is central to art." ~ John Gardner ...
Midlife insight
Self-Medicating Midlife
"Art is the act of navigating without a map." ~ Seth Godin Back in January I shared Seth Godin's ArtNav wisdom. No editorial comments. Not even a doodle. (Though I've been known to update posts when inspiration strikes, so don't hold me to the spartan quote-only simplicity!) Seth Godin is ever gifted with a full quiver of sage zingers. Short, insightful quips that stick. This is one. Medical ...
Compost
I've called it munge, the Daily Munge, for two decades, a term I pilfered from an article about archeology and layers of detritus compressed, transformed over time, long-long time. But the article vanished. Or maybe my memory invented it for want of an apt metaphor. Munge. Unverified. And while it’s served me well enough over the handwriting, typing, and dictating days since, I have begun to ...
Fly
"If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down." ~ Toni Morrison ...
Embrace Age
"It it pointless to fight or to flee from anything. It is also futile to run after anything." ~ Master Taisen Deshimaru ...
Memento Mori by A. D. Hope
I noticed today the loosely wrinkled skin On legs and arms, no defect, no disease But simply signs of time, the body's decrease Of power and of repair as these begin The ultimate indications of old age. ~ A.D. Hope ("Memento Mori" via Australian Poetry Library) I return again to memento mori, not to wax morose or moribund but to remind myself to laugh and dance and take nervous risks and strain ...