“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow” Kurt Vonnegut
“The arts…are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s … Continue reading
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnet 39: Because thou hast the power and own’st the grace
Because thou hast the power and own’st the grace To look through and behind this mask of me (Against which years have beat thus blanchingly With their rains), and behold … Continue reading
Emily Bronte, My Comforter
Well hast thou spoken, and yet, not taught A feeling strange or new; Thou hast but roused a latent thought, A cloud-closed beam of sunshine, brought To gleam in open … Continue reading
Meditate On Beauty
We are bombarded with images of what a few in the higher echelons of big business say beauty is, on a daily basis. They feed the lie that if you … Continue reading
Auguries of Innocence by William Blake
This is one of my favourite quotes from Blake. It is a beautiful verse to reflect on. A nice exercise is to record yourself saying the poem and then sit … Continue reading
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