Art Supply House & Custom FramingThese posts were weekly emails and are archived here for any sort of future reference
Things are progressing progressively.~ Sam French The quote above was my granddad’s reply to the question, “How are things going?” There’s a lot of wisdom in that response. What more can we hope for, than to be making progress? Sometimes progress feels like a leap forward, other times it seems like two (or more) steps […]
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Did you know that some people can’t form mental images? If they try to mentally picture an apple, they might get a gray blob. Likewise if they try to […]
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.~ Elie Wiesel Isn’t it funny how we find what we’re looking for? Recently, I’ve been reading about memory techniques used throughout history around the world. It’s been a fascinating exploration of culture, history, nature, geology, archeology, biology, art, […]
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.~ Robert H. Schulle I’m a planner and researcher and strategizer. When something catches my attention I dive in and learn everything I can about it. Which means that I can end up having a lot of information but little practical experience. That practical experience is […]
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.~ Henry David Thoreau How we choose to look at life plays a big part in what we end up seeing. The cynic will always see things to complain about. The optimist will see the glass half full. We must guard against seeing with […]
People who spend most of their time putting out fires are usually also the arsonists.~ Dan Sullivan I just ran across this quote recently and it stuck in my mind. I know people who just can’t seem to get out of their own way. Sometimes they work really hard, but don’t seem to get anywhere. […]
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. ~ Winston Churchill I recently found myself searching through information about setting up studios. I’m not moving, redesigning my studio, or anything else that makes me think it would be useful at the moment, but there you go. Just one of the recent rabbit holes I dove […]
What man needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.~ Victor Frankl I recently listened to a podcast with Donald Miller and wanted to share a few thoughts from it. Donald references Viktor Frankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning, and says that meaning comes from […]
The reflection on the surface of the water is often mistaken for the mysteries that lie beneath. Likewise, the reflection of the moon is mistaken for its own light. In the quest for wisdom, each person must emerge from the illusions of the world and begin the journey towards the sacred mountain.~ Thomas Lloyd Qualls, […]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to […]