About Monotypes – wordledWant to have some fun with a random scrambling of words of a poem or sentence or half of a book? Have you visited http://www.wordle.net yet? Here’s what I got when I pasted in the a few paragraphs about monotypes.
From Robert Henri’s book “The Art Spirit”
Some words of inspiration from the true Art Spirit, Robert Henri.
Art when really understood is the province of every human being.
It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.
When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and he opens ways for a better understanding. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it, shows there are still more pages possible.
From p. 11 of The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
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Window at the Dakota
Window at the Dakota
Here’s a photo I took of detail of a window at The Dakota, which is a historic housing cooperative built in 1884, located at 72nd and Central Park West in New York. John Lennon had lived here from 1973 until his death in 1980.
Starting a New Season
To greet the autumn equinox I sat in on a teaching by visiting Tibetan Monk Taklung Matul Rinpoche.
“Reality is illogical,” he said at the beginning of his talk.
“Appreciate the little things. Be adamant,” he said at the end.
I left smiling.