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Muse?
Waves were kissing…
Yesterday night I was walking barefooted along the shore and warm gentle waves were kissing whatever they were able to reach.
After it I could not stop trying to express something that I felt. Results are below.
Do you like them? If yes what is your favorite?
What do you feel?
Is there anything you want to tell me?
Please let me know.
Thank you!
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Being ordinary.
I had a nightmare:
all people became famous,
all people became very successful,
all people became very rich,
all people reached their goals and …
*NONE OF THEM WAS HAPPY!
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I took a cold shower, then turned on my PC and found two quotes below:
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“Do not ask your childrento strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
― William Martin
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“And while it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfillment in being ordinary. For the joys that last have little relationship to achievement, to standing one step higher on the victory platform. What is the adventure in being ordinary? It is daring to love just for the pleasure of giving it away. It is venturing to give new life and to nurture it to maturity. It is working hard for the pure joy of being tired at the end of the day. It is caring and sharing and giving and loving…”
― Marilyn Thomsen**
I read the quotes, signed happily, drank a glass of warm milk and immediately fell asleep.
PAINTING by JF
The Color Green
Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. It is customary to wear something green during this day. But what does green color signify? Read the post below and you’ll know the answer.
On waterways
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Soloist
Life triumphs!
For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.
Get a feeling of Anna Akhmatova’s poetry
portrait by Petrov-Vodkin
From Wikipedia: ” Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian modernist poet, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Russian canon.”
She was born in Odessa (Ukraine) in 1889. I was born in the same city in 1934.
Her poetry loved by every Russian speaking person.
Anna’s life was very interesting and tragic. I am going to write about it later.
Below is one of her poems. It translated by Richard McKane.
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I taught myself to live simply and wisely,
to look at the sky and pray to God,
and to wander long before evening
to tire my superfluous worries.
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When the burdocks rustle in the ravine
and the yellow-red rowanberry cluster droops
I compose happy verses
about life’s decay, decay and beauty.
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I come back. The fluffy cat
licks my palm, purrs so sweetly
and the fire flares bright
on the saw-mill turret by the lake.
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Only the cry of a stork landing on the roof
occasionally breaks the silence.
If you knock on my door
I may not even hear.
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Motivational Monday
Mondays are difficult days. It’s not easy to come back to work after weekends.
Pictures below shot to motivate everybody.
Please look at them, meditate on them and start your working week with great pleasure.
Best to you!
Woman of a strong sex drive (part 2)
Not long ago I published a post WOMAN OF A STRONG SEX DRIVE (PART 1).
It is about a Russian woman who became a muse and a lover of many talented people and after 1929 became known to the world as Gala Dali.
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I continued to research her biography. First of all, I wanted to know how Elena Ivanovna Diakonova became Gala. I found from RUSSIA: PAST AND PRESENT that her first husband poet Paul Eluard was inspired by her “ardour, decisiveness, resoluteness, and high culture”. “He nicknamed her Gala from the French word meaning “triumph, festival”.
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Now, in 1929 Eluard, Gala and their 11 years old daughter Cecile visited a Catalonian artist Salvador Dali at his place in Cadaqués. Some sources say that Gala and Salvador, who was 10 years younger, fell passionately in love with each other, that she was his lover, his muse, his only female model.
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Let’s consider some facts.
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In 1929 Salvador Dali was 25 years old. In DALI”S DEMON BRIDE John Richardson wrote: “Dali was …a virgin when they met, who feared female private parts, and in a very close relationship with the poet Federico Garcia Lorca”. The artist had already heard about Gala’s activities, “…but his first sight of her in a bathing suit, on the sacrosanct beach of his childhood, left him bewitched. Gala was the demonic dominatrix of his dreams.”
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On the other hand, Gala was 35 years old, married and had affairs with many men. Richardson writes: “… she was in the market for another celebrity husband. And in the 25-year-old Dali she found … someone who shared her passion for money, power, and notoriety, but also someone whose latest paintings, with their references to Freud and Sade and their meticulous, Vermeer-like finish, were destined to have an instant succes de scandale.”
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Gala divorced Paul Eluard and from 1929 was always with Salvador. In 1934 they married in a civil ceremony. In 1958 they remarried in a Catholic ceremony.
SALVADOR & GALA IN 1930. Courtesy of Dali museum.
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From Wikipedia: “She was Dalí’s muse, directly inspiring and appearing in many of his works.
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In the early 1930s, Dalí started to sign his paintings with his and her name as “(i)t is mostly with your blood, Gala, that I paint my pictures”. He stated that Gala acted as his agent, and aided in redirecting his focus. …
Gala had a strong sex drive and throughout her life had numerous extramarital affairs (among them with her former husband Paul Eluard), which Dali encouraged, since he was a practitioner of candaulism. She had a fondness for young artists, and in her old age she often gave expensive gifts to those who associated with her.
In 1968, Dalí bought Gala her own separate castle in Púbol, Girona, where she would spend time every summer from 1971-1980. He also agreed not to visit there without getting advance permission from her in writing.
In her late seventies, Gala had a relationship and bond with millionaire multi-platinum rock singer Jeff Fenholt… Fenholt acted as a business representative for the Dalis in America.”
Gala died in Port Lligat in 1982, aged 87.
Many sources stress that Gala was Salvador’s business manager and advertiser. She told him what to do and managed to get a lot of money that both liked very much.
More Salvador Dali’s quotes +
I am working on a second post about Gala and Salvador Dali. I am reading what I found about them and trying to understand what really motivated both.
I’ll tell you soon about their relationship from my point of view (based on available information).
Some people asked me why it is necessary to know about lives of famous people.
My answer is simple: we must learn about people as much as possible because it can decide our fates. Today one person can be responsible for what happens with millions or billions people.
Just remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. At that time we were very close to the nuclear war.
Not long ago we learned that relationships between men and women can have very serious effect on the fate of our country (remember the presidential candidate Edwards and the head of CIA general Petraeus).
When I read today about people who want to become President of my country I ask myself: “Why do they think that they are capable? What motivates them? How can we decide who is the best person for the job?”
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I am not strange. I am just not normal.
A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.
People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.
Let my enemies devour each other.
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Wheels
The wheels are spinning in my head all the time.
Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.
Sometimes the wheels of justice grind slowly.
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Art of Etienne Pirot
It does not matter if you already know about Etienne Pirot and his art or not.
When you look at his sculptures you feel how light and expressive they are. They are about all basic human values: love, friendship, motherhood, faith.
His imagination has no limits.
You can read about Etienne Pirot’s life and see his sculptures HERE.
Enjoy!
PHOTO BY TUTT’ART
Art of C.W. Roelle
Today is Saturday.
I hope that you are warm.
You definitely deserve a treat.
So please click HERE and enjoy creativity of C.W. Roelle.
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And here is my digital painting. You might like it too. Anyway, it’s FREE!
My allergist
Don’t sneeze! Life is so beautiful!
Three photos of my friends (2/13/2015)
Purple Scenery with Zen Pond in Japanese Garden by Daniel Ruyle
ALASKAN SUNRISE by Aaron Corbell
LIFE IN SEMPORNA, SABAH, MALAYSIA by CK NG
Are you cold?
Are you cold? Are you alone? Is it snowing wherever you are?
Let’s share this wonderful sunrise.
SUNRISE by JF
Then we’ll have a hearty breakfast with some laughs.
Can you drink some wine in the morning?
Oh, it’s a pity! What about cognac?
Are you sure?
Ok, ok!
Let’s go to the beach and pick up our spots in the shadows of palms.
Do you prefer a place closer to water?
We can have it too.
IN THE SHADOW by JF
NEAR WATER by JF
Did you remember to take sunscreen? Use it now. We must be careful!
Please tell me when you are ready to swim. The water is perfect!
I hope you feel warmth. I hope you are not alone any more.
Don’t you ever forget!
We love you!
PAINTING by JF
A man with a shovel
I know that many bloggers have only seconds to look at a post.
However, I want to share with you a video below.
Please look at the man, at .his eyes, at results of his efforts.
I am very impressed!
He found his path, he followed it for years.
It was not easy but he was happy.
Is not it what everyone wants?
What’s your opinion?
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 