Thought for the Day

Homesick we are, and always, for another

And different world.

~ Vita Sackville-West

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Quoted from Vita Sackville-West, "The Garden" (Poem) Note: On The Garden Museum site you will find the image of a hand-written copy of "The Garden", published in Poems of West and East (1917). Commentary is provided.

Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), English Poet, Novelist, Journalist, Diarist; Gardener; Member, Bloomsbury Group; Muse of Virginia Woolf

Thought for the Day

And did you get what

you wanted from this life, even so? [. . .]

~ Raymond Carver

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Quoted from Raymond Carver, "Late Fragment" in A New Path to the Waterfall (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988; Reprint, 1994) Note: This was Carver's last book.

Raymond Carver (1938-1988), Poet and Short Story Writer

New Artist Watch Feature at Escape Into Life

 

Fred Lisaius, Looking Forward 

Acrylic on Wood Panel

24" x 48"

 © Fred Lisaius

PLEASE DO NOT COPY IMAGE

Today I am showcasing the work of painter Fred Lisaius, my selection for July's Artist Watch column at the international online arts magazine Escape Into Life.

A resident of Seattle, Washington, who holds a bachelor's degree in fine art from Rhode Island School of Design, Fred exhibits widely in group and solo shows throughout Washington State and in a variety of arts venues elsewhere, including medical centers and retail concerns. Among other honors, he has been a featured artist on HGTV Design Stars' "All Stars" program and annually contributes to Seattle's LINK art program for teens. 

For today's Artist Watch, Fred has generously shared 10 images of current work, his Artist Statement, and a brief profile.

Thought for the Day

That's the nature of life, isn't it? To desire to make

meaning and then surrender to the mystery and

the repeat and repeat and repeat. [. . .]

~ Ada Limon

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Quoted from Caits Meissner, "The Pen Ten: An Interview with Ada Limon", PENAmerica Online, June 2, 2022

Ada Limon, Award-Winning Poet and Writer; Host, "The Slowdown", American Public Media Poetry Podcast

Thought for the Day

. . . . To open your heart to pain is to open your heart

to joy. [. . .] In your pain you find your values, and in

your values, you find your pain.

~ Dr. Steven Hayes

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Quoted from Dr. Steven Hayes, "From Loss to Love", Psychology Today, June 18, 2018 (Quoted in Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole (Crown, 2022), page 94)

Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Psychologist; Founder of ACT [Acceptance and Commitment] Therapy and Developer of Relational Frame Theory; Nevada Foundation Professor in Behavior Analysis, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada; Author

Susan Cain, Writer and Lecturer

Thought for the Day

And if it's true we are alone, / we are alone together, /

the way blades of grass / are alone, but exist as a field. [. . .]

~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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Quoted from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, "Belonging" at A Hundred Falling Veils Blog, June 11, 2021

 

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Poet, Teacher, Retreat Leader, Performer in the Group "Heartbeat"

Profile in Colorado Encyclopedia