Wisdom and Wealth
‘Wisdom outweighs wealth.” – Sophocles
I like this quote and believe it. But they can be intertwined more than the quote suggests, don’t you think?
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The Complaint of the Present Times is the General Complaint of All Times
“The Complaint of the Present Times is the General Complaint of All Times.” – Anonymous
As the election comes closer, don’t forget that the complaints you hear now are the complaints people have had forever. And the promises we hear are the promises we have heard forever. It might be about the economy, it might be about the war, it might be about negative advertising, but whatever it is, it is your responsibility to look past it to the heart of things. In other words, vote for ideas, vote for direction, vote for the candidate, not just his or her campaign promises.
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Sad Girl With Searching Turtle
Sad Girl With Searching Turtle
I am posting napkins with no quotes this week, just for something different!
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Leaf-Nosed Man
Leaf-Nosed Man
What can one do when they come upon a man with a leaf for a nose but to draw him, right?
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Beware Of All Enterprises That Require New Clothes
“Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” – Henry David Thoreau
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A Woman Cuddling With Flowers
A Woman Cuddling With Flowers
Sometimes I didn’t have a quote, just a drawing I made up for the girls. It actually was good practice to try and draw the same drawing 3 times in a row. They always turned out slightly different, no matter how hard I tried to make them alike (I never tried very hard actually).
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A Brain Is Only As Good As Its Weakest Think
“A brain is only as good as its weakest think.” – Thomas L. Masson
I love this quote.
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Only the Educated Are Free
“Only the educated are free.” – Epictetus
What do you think, is this true or not?
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If God Made Us In His Image, We Have Certainly Returned The Compliment
“If God Made Us In His Image, We Have Certainly Returned The Compliment.” Voltaire
Usually this quote is used as a negative statement about God and man. But read the story below and perhaps you will feel that just sometimes the image God creates of us and we create of God reflects well on us both.
I received a wonderful email yesterday from a delightful woman in Chicago. She is doing some advanced academic work in Theology and wanted permission to use 5 of my napkin drawings in her work and in presentations regarding peace building in Africa. I was happy to make the connection and give permission.
A number of wonderful things about it. She is in graduate school but offered to pay for the rights to use the images. Think of how many profit making enterprises don’t have the courtesy to ask permission to use an image much less offer to pay. I took her up on the willingness to pay since I believe they are worth the money and she will feel more freedom to use them as she sees fit in her work. She was telling me my work had value and was willing to prove it in a concrete way by paying me money that could help me in ways a mere complement could not.
The other wonderful thing is that she is using them in a serious thesis regarding peace building in the world and later in presentations regarding that same thing in Africa, where peace building is a hard road for all. It really made my day to know that.
They are just silly drawings on napkins, but good ideas well stated are powerful and transformative no matter where they are found.
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Something There Is That Doesn’t Love A Wall
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” – Robert Frost
Of course, the question is who or what is the ‘something’ the poet refers to? Any ideas?
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