Benevolent Quotations

I really enjoy the purposelessness of art and the playful aspect of it.  I would like to always make room in my life for that type of experimentation and purposelessness in creative expression. Quote from Kevin Greenberg, architect and podcast interviewee . I am not sure why is happening but I am in a more upbeat mood lately.  A lot of my writing has had an edge to it and the quotes I was picking were not from a Disney happy ending.  I was writing to vent to a certain extent. But lately, I am in a happier place.  Could it be the benefit of journaling every morning which I started doing after reading Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way ? Is it listing the three gratitudes I have everyday (almost)?  Is it from a high-fiber oatmeal breakfast most mornings? Before, my morning routines consisted of reading the news for at least an hour over multiple cups of coffee.  That's always a ray of sunshine to start the day.  Next I'd journal ...

We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us. from:  Winston Churchill, Painter , Political Survivor, Orator , and Nobel Prize for Literature Winner So much negativity in the world and in my thoughts.  Originally, I was looking for a quote about the benefits of having positive thoughts.  Sigh.  There are many quotes like that out there, but the ones I found where either by celebrities or self-help gurus.  Not that what they are saying is not useful, it is just I wanted elegant, powerful bon mots from a profound source. So, Churchill. I'd written down in my notes about this quote.  It was made in a speech to rebuild the House of Commons after a bombing raid.  I noted the quote because it agrees with my belief that architecture influences those who encounter it, whether for good or bad.  But in this case, I am presenting it to my gentle readers as a metaphor.  Like:  "You reap what you sow," or "You've made your ...

The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent. from: Malcom Gladwell    Author of The Outliers Of of the personal functions of this blog is to write out the thoughts in my head.  While not every thought is important nor suitable for publication, I get an opportunity to reflect and reconsider. Several posts ago, I wrote about sarcasm and wit .  Upon reflection, I have a caveat to that post:  Don't step on someone's bliss and don't be a bully.  In the previous post, I went to Churchill's "you will still be ugly" quote, but that quote was a response to a bully.   If a person is doing his or her own thing and it is not hurting anyone, don't be mean.  In the words of Mann and Weil:      Nobody can tell you there's only one song worth singin'      They might try to sell ya 'cause it hangs them up to see someone like you         ...