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When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
— Jacob RiisThe Cat Cam
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End of Summer and Van Gogh
Thursday I ducked over to The Clark early to hear a talk about Van Gogh, Nature and God. Full room, very attentive, many from the First Congregational Church in Williamstown. Interesting talk, given from a religious perspective of course, by … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, Do the Work, VanGogh
Tagged clarkart, VanGogh, vangoghsummer, vincent
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Summer 2015
or… what I did this summer… I sort of lost track of how many times I went to The Clark this summer.
Posted in Art in the world, Do the Work, In the neighborhood, VanGogh
Tagged intheneighborhood, TheClark, vincent
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What Am I?
What am I in the eyes of most people โ a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person โ somebody who has no position in society and never will have, in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then … Continue reading
Incoming amazingly spot-on postcard!
How about this for a great coincidence? Maybe the sender keeps up with my blog but the postcard image is one of four VanGogh’s currently at the Met in a special exhibit and the words on the back fit into … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, Do the Work, postcard poetry fest, VanGogh
Tagged augustpostcardpoetry, dothework, VanGogh
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What else is going on?
First two days of a work “lunch challenge” encouraging people to bring lunch from home. Today is the anniversary of Vincent van Gogh‘s death, by suicide at age 37. Despite a widespread tendency to romanticize his ill health, modern critics … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, postcard poetry fest, the creative process, VanGogh, work (dayjob)
Tagged AugustPoetryPostcardFest, dayjob, lunch, process, VanGogh
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