Thought for the Day

Your heart is greater than your wounds.

~ Henri Nouwen

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Quoted from Henri Nouwen Society Daily E-Meditations, "Live Your Wounds", October 9, 2021

 

Henri Nouwen

Henri Nouwen Society

Thought for the Day

[. . .] The practice of letting go and embracing simplicity is one way

we prepare ourselves for what is to come. One day we all will have

to let go of everything — even our own breath. It will be a day 

of utter simplicity — a day when the importance of stuff fades.

Learning to live simply prepares us for our last breath while

cultivating in us the freedom to truly live here and now. [. . .]

~ Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

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Quoted from Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, "Letting Go of Things" in "Weekly Summary", Center for Contemplative Action, September 25, 2021 (The quote is found in Calhoun's Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices that Transform Us (InterVarsity Press, 2005), pages 75-76.)

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, Pastor, Spiritual Director, Speaker, Retreat Leader, Certified Enneagram Trainer, Author

New Artist Watch Feature at Escape Into Life

 

Lauren Tilden, Trees in October, 2021

Oil on Panel

12" x 12"

 

© 2021 by Lauren Tilden

 

PLEASE DO NOT COPY IMAGE

 

Today's new Artist Watch column at the international online arts magazine Escape Into Life, showcases the poetic and masterly work of American painter Lauren Tilden.

 

A three-time recipient of grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Lauren holds a master's degree in fine arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Her paintings, which she has shown in numerous exhibitions, especially in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have been published in The Artist's Magazine and other art-related periodicals. Currently a resident of West Virginia, she is represented by Haynes Galleries and F.A.N. Gallery.

The latest Artist Watch features images of nine of Lauren's paintings, her Artist Statement, and a brief biography.

Thought for the Day

The world is very beautiful, but human beings are quite mad.

~ David Hockney 

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Quoted from David Hockney, "Why abstraction in art has run its course", The Art Newspaper, September 30, 2021

 

David Hockney, British Painter, Draftsman, Printmaker, Stage Designer, Photographer

David Hockney Foundation

Thought for the Day

[. . .] because the source of all creativity is the Word himself,

the role of the Inspirer is inescapably relational. So I think all

spiritual and creative inspiration starts with more relational

virtues: humility, honesty, availability, and affection. [ . . .]

~ Paul J. Pastor

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Quoted from Michael Wright, "We must become poetry." (Interview with Paul J. Pastor), Still Life (Weekly Letter on Art and Spirit)

Paul J. Pastor, Poet, Editor, Author of Bower Lodge (Fernwood Press, December 2021), The Face of the Deep (David C. Cook, 2020), The Listening Day (Zeal Books, 2017), Vol. One, and The Listening Day (Zeal Books, 2017), Volume Two

Thought for the Day

 We are faithful / only to the imagination.

~ Denise Levertov

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Quoted from Denise Levertov, "Everything that Acts is Actual," at What Sparks Poetry | Poetry Daily, September 13, 2021. This poem can be found in Collected Earlier Poems 1940 - 1960 (New Directions).

 

Denise Levertov (1923 - 1997), Awarding-Winning American Poet