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Unheard Heroics – Saint George

Saint George and the Dragon – Raphael (Painted in 1505)

But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer
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Posted on July 30, 2023August 27, 2023Categories Unheard HeroicsLeave a comment on Unheard Heroics – Saint George

Unheard Heroics – Theseus

Theseus in the Minotaur’s Labyrinth – Edward Burne-Jones (Painted in 1861)

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca , Roman Philosopher and Statesman
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Posted on July 12, 2023July 12, 2023Categories Unheard HeroicsLeave a comment on Unheard Heroics – Theseus

Gardeners of the Soul

The Gardener – Georges Seurat (Painted between 1882 and 1883)

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Marcel Proust, French Novelist
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Posted on July 5, 2023July 12, 2023Categories The Thinkerer's SonnetsLeave a comment on Gardeners of the Soul

The Confabulated Cook

Monk in the Kitchen – Ernst Nowak

Cooking is creating emotion.

Joël Robuchon, French Chef
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Posted on June 28, 2023July 12, 2023Categories Philosophical Thinkering1 Comment on The Confabulated Cook

‘Breathicide’

Portrait of a Boy – John Singer Sargent (Painted in 1890)

To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.

Plautus, Roman Playwright
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Posted on June 21, 2023Categories Philosophical Thinkering1 Comment on ‘Breathicide’

Hierarchy Towers

Acme, Zenith and Summit – The Hierarchy Towers (Freepik)

What the people are within, the buildings express without.

Louis Sullivan, American Architect
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Posted on June 14, 2023June 21, 2023Categories Philosophical Thinkering1 Comment on Hierarchy Towers

Location: Now

The Clockmobile halts at Platform Wow (Generated by DALL-E2)

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

Eckhart Tolle, German Spiritual Teacher and Self-help Author
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Posted on June 6, 2023June 6, 2023Categories Philosophical Thinkering1 Comment on Location: Now

A Sonnet on Mothers

Woman with a Parasol – Claude Monet (Painted in 1875)

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Robert Browning, English Poet
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Posted on May 27, 2023May 21, 2024Categories The Thinkerer's Sonnets4 Comments on A Sonnet on Mothers

A World to Word

Le Ballon – Imprimeur E. Pichot (Painted in 1883)

All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher
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Posted on April 24, 2023May 27, 2023Categories Philosophical ThinkeringLeave a comment on A World to Word

Sometimes

The Desperate Man – Gustave Courbet (Painted between 1843 & 45)

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.

Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple Computers Inc.
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Posted on March 31, 2023May 27, 2023Categories Philosophical Thinkering1 Comment on Sometimes

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