Balanced Rock Looking Up Mountain Valley

Freedom is indivisible;
the chains on any one of my people
were the chains on all of them,
the chains on all of them,
were the chains on me.
~ Nelson Mandela

Song-Film: Heart Of This Wild Land
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Photos, FW, Forever Wild, FW07, Yukon, Balance, Open Space, Native Plants, Rocks, Mountains, Clouds, Sky, Blue Sky, Sunlight, Wild Flowers, Shadows, Spirit, Snow,

Photo ID: 322, FW07, 39

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Being In Wonder Makes Art Inevitable

Art is simply a result of expression during right feeling.

It's a result of a grip on the fundamentals of nature,

the spirit of life, the constructive force, the secret of growth,

a real understanding of the relative importance of things, order, balance.

Any material will do. After all, the object is not to make art,

but to be in the wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

~ Robert Henri in The Art Spirit

Quote Title: Being In Wonder Makes Art Inevitable
Quote Tags:
Quotes, Art, Robert Henri, Expression, Nature, Spirit of Life, Constructive, Growth, Order, Balance, Wonderful, Inevitable,


Photo ID: 170, FW04, 8

Making Good Art With Dash And Abandonment

… he wrote that his daily stint of painting

brought everything into balance and harmony.

…Harlan thought that a painting, to be good,

must be done with dash and abandonment,

even one which has meticulous detail.

If one niggles over it, the result is dull and lifeless.

…I have so little skill and handle my tools and materials

in a fumbling way, yet in painting, even in playing the violin,

I sometimes strike deep, and the technique seems as honest and handmade.

~ Wendell Berry, from Harlan Hubbard, Life and Work (from Heron Dance)

Quote Title: Making Good Art With Dash And Abandonment
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Quotes, Art, Wndell Berry, Stint, Painting, Balance, Harmony, Dash, Abandonment, Detail, Dull, Lifeless, Honest, Handmade, Good, Meticulous Detail, Niggle,

Photo ID: 173, FW04, 14