June 8, 2011
“The Guy in the Glass” by Dale Wimbrow
When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,
For it isn’t your Father, or Mother, or Wife,
June 4, 2011
“Touching Shoulders” by Unknown
There’s a comforting thought at the close of the day,
When I’m weary and lonely and sad,
That sort of grips hold of my crusty old heart
And bids it be merry and glad.
It gets in my soul and it drives out the blues,
And finally thrills through and through.
It is just a sweet memory that chants the refrain:
“I’m glad I touch shoulders with you!”
June 1, 2011
“A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
May 30, 2011
“The Builders” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time;
Some with massive deeds and great,
Some with ornaments of rhyme.
Nothing useless is, or low;
Each thing in its place is best;
And what seems but idle show
Strengthens and supports the rest.
May 29, 2011
“All To Myself” by Wilbur Dick Nesbit
ALL TO MYSELF, I find the way
Back to each golden yesterday,
Faring in fancy until I stand
Clasping your ready, friendly hand;
The picture seems half true, half dream,
And I keep its color and its gleam
All to myself.
All to myself I hum again
Fragments of some old-time refrain,
Something that comes at fancy’s choice,
And I hear the cadence of your voice:
Sometimes ’tis dim, something ’tis clear,
But I keep the music I hear
All to myself.
May 10, 2011
The Art of Sand
Kseniya Simonova makes “sand animation” for the show Ukraine’s Got Talent. Amazing. Watch some of the other videos on YouTube, too. I had seen these videos a long time ago, but was recently reminded of them by a friend.
August 5, 2010
“Charging Horsemen Outside the Northern Cemetery” by Giulio Rosati (1858-1917)
Image from the Art Renewal Center.
March 20, 2010
March 13, 2010
March 6, 2010
“Fishermen With Their Horses On The Beach” (1868) by Joseph Jodocus Moerenhout (1801-1874)
Image from the Art Renewal Center.
