From the Other Francis Bacon
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but the sea. Francis Bacon. (The one at left, not the painter.)
Soleri Bells: A Clip – and an Emerson Quote, Too
I opened early cuts of the film with this quote. Do your work and I shall know you. Do your work and you shall reinforce yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson I ditched the idea of opening with a quote, not because … Continued
Pithy and True
“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Hungarian Biochemist, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893-1986
William Carlos Williams, My Poet-Doctor Idol
I have been asked more than a few times, and recently what with the story published in The Literary Review, how, and why, do I make films and write fiction. How is it that I’m serving two different and demanding … Continued
Simplicity: A Chopin Quote
I seem to recall reading a quote from Frederic Chopin that addressed why the vast majority of his compositions were for piano. The quote, which I can’t seem to locate and may have dreamed, went something like, “It is a … Continued
“Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act.”
Today’s guest blogger is Robert Darden, journalism professor at Baylor University, author of Nothing but Love in God’s Water: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement and People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel … Continued
It’s Not Just about Trees
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. Chinese Proverb I’ve received some good essays for the contest (all to my e-mail account, are you really that shy?), but I’m greedy … Continued
A Quote, a Photo and a Reminder
First the reminder. The win free art contest ends August 14. Click here for the details. Now the quote, specifically chosen to inspire you to literary greatness: The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a … Continued
What If We Never Search?
In September 1959, Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison published “Searching for Interstellar Communications” in the science journal Nature. The article advocated searching for intelligent extraterrestrial life using radio telescopes. This article, along with Frank Drake’s search seven months later, essentially … Continued
Divine Dissatisfaction, Blessed Unrest
Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.