JOHN IRVING, JULIAN CAMERON–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–MICHEL MONTAIGNE, DAVID NIVEN, ROBERT YOUNG, THOMAS MERTON, GEORGE ORWELL, SAUL BELLOW, HARRY VAN DYKE, GEORGE CARLIN, EDA LE SHAN, WOO MYUNG, MARCU AURIELIUS.

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THE HIGHEST WISDOM IS CONTINUAL CHEERFULNESS: such a state, like the region above the moon, is always clear and serene.        MICHEL MONTAIGNE KEEP THE CIRCUS going inside you, keep it going, don’t take anything too seriously, it’ll all work out in the end.                     … Read more

JANRE HIRSHFIELD, MEHAR BABA, CHOGAN TRUNGPA, ROGER SCRUTON, THICH NHAT HANH, JOAN HOLDEN, ANTON CHEKOV, H.W.AUDEN, GOETHE, MICHAELANGELO, BOB MARLEY, CHARLES ‘FIDDLER’ WILLIAMS, ANDY WARHOL, SONJA GRACE.

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REALITY IS DEFINED THROUGH THE SCOPE OF HOW YOU PERCEIVE THE WORLD.   SONJA GRACE DON’T THINK about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it to hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.  ANDY WARHOL    WHATEVER RUNS THROUGH MY MIND … Read more

ECKHART TOLLE–BIRTHDAY–FEB. 16, 2024–PLUS RAM DASS, PAUL BOWLES. PAUL BOULEY, RABINDRANATH TAGORE, THICH NHAT HANH, TERENCE MCKENNA, THOMAS MERTON, RUMI, JOHN O’DONOHUECHARLES DICKENS, JUDY BLUME, HENRY DAVID THOREAUMALCOLM X, WALT WHITMAN, JACK KEROUAC, MEISTER ECKHART.

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         DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU FELT MOST SECURE.                                          MEISTER ECKHART SO THEREFORE I DEDICATE MYSELF, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my sufferance, my loneliness, my … Read more

CHARLES LAMB, JEFFREY GITOMER, HANS-GEORG GADAMER==BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–MARTIN AMIS’ HILARIOUS DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP, PLATO, ABU DAKR.

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Martin Amis: Donald Trump: “Hammily scowling out from under an omelet of makeup and tanning cream & has a little woodland creature that sleeps on his head.” WE CAN EASILY FORGIVE a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.  PLATO GOOD ACTION are a … Read more

“SONG OF THE EARTH” BROOKE MEDICINE EAGLE “THE SOUL UNEARTHED”–PLSU BIRTHDAYS–BOB MARLEY, THOMAS PAINE–PLUS–NOAM CHOMSKY, VINCENT VAN GOGH. CARL JUNG, HANS BENDER, GEORGE ORWELL, MARK TWAIN.

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   IN THE FIRST PLACE GOD MADE IDIOTS. THAT WAS FOR PRACTICE. THEN HE MADE SCHOOL BOARDS.             MARK TWAIN THERE IS A SHORT PERIOD IN EVERYONE’S LIFE WHEN HIS CHARACTER IS FIXED FOREVER.    GEORGE ORWELL  YOU SHALL ALWAYS FIND what you created in your mind, FOR INSTANCE, A BENEVOLENT … Read more

NORMAN MAILER, THOMAS MERTON, WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–ALBERT EINSTEIN, CHARLIE CHAPLIN,GERTRUDE STEIN, LAO, TZU, JAMES JOYCE, THICH NHAT HANH, GEORGE B. SHAW, J. KRISNAMURTIAMES WIRCOMB RILEYDENISE FLEMING, KEN WILBUR.

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       I DON’T TALK ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS. I TALK ABOUT INTERIORITY.                                                            KEN WILBER                 I TRY TO PICTURE … Read more

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, BUCK BRANNNAMAN–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–TONI MORRISON, SAUL ALINSKY, FREDERICK DELIUS, V ERA KLEMENT.

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                             VERA KLEMENT–1929-2024–PAINTER–           TO ME EVERY PAINTING I MAKE IS EXTREMELY JOYOUS, EXTREMELY EXHILARATING. They recognize the nightmare but confirm rather than deny human life. Joanne Berens, a former student: VERA TAUGHT ME that a painter must … Read more