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For the quote box

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

To be an artist it is necessary to live with our eyes wide open, to breathe in the colors of the mountain and sky, to know the sound of leaves rustling, the smell of snow, the texture of bark. It … Continue reading →

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Fear – From the Quote Box

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

I must not fear. • Fear is the mind-killer. • Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. • I will face my fear. • I will permit it to pass over me and through me. • And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. • Where the fear has gone there will be nothing….only I will remain. Liturgy of Fear — Frank Herbert Continue reading →

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From the Quote Box

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

Life isn’t long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. … Continue reading →

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Yup, that

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

He studies a single blade of grass. But this blade of grass leads him to draw every plant and then the seasons, the wide aspects of the countryside, then animals, then the human figure. So he passes his life, and life is too short to do the whole. — Vincent van Gogh Continue reading →

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Duty and purpose – for the quote box

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it. — Mary Lyon Via The Writers Almanac, re Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.

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