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Tossed into the Quote Box

How do birds fly? They fall and falling they are given wings. — Rumi Continue reading

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And now a message from Natalie Merchant

Yeah, you may think you’re done but you’re never through?
spitting out the bitterness to get the little sweetness you do. — Natalie Merchant Continue reading

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Mottos du jour or maybe longer

And then, something to pin on the wall for those drama-filled times… Continue reading

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OK, now what?

So okay – there you are in your room with the shade down and the door shut and the plug pulled out of the base of the telephone. You’ve blown up your TV and committed yourself to a thousand words a day, come hell or high water. Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want. – Stephen King Continue reading

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Why I work “big” (from the quote box)

I want to be very intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experience, to look upon an experience as with a reducing glass. However, when you paint the larger picture, you are in it. — Mark Rothko Continue reading

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