“The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we’re going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years – the last 50 years really – has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering.” ~ J. Michael Straczynski
Month: March 2014
March 14th, Ogden… (Monochrome)
“Remember that breath walking – as with any meditation technique – should not be pursued with a grim determination to ‘get it right.’ The point is to cultivate openness, relaxation and awareness, which can include awareness of your undisciplined, wandering mind.” ~ Andrew Weil
March 13th, Gundam… (Monochrome)
“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.” ~ George S. Patton
March 12th, Horse… (Monochrome)
“A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful – and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.” ~ Pam Brown
March 10th, Gundam Blitz… (Monochrome)
“Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.” ~ Jean Arp
March 9th, Blitz Gundam… (Monochrome)
“There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.” ~ Thomas A. Edison
March 8th, Gravestone… (Monochrome)
“She sleeps beneath her native earth,
And near the spot that gave her birth,
Her youthful feet trod flowers that bloom
In beauty oer her early tomb.” ~ Unknown
March 7th, Peeps… (Monochrome)
”Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.???~ Chuck Palahniuk
March 6th, Carousel… (Monochrome)
“And the seasons they go ’round and ’round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game.??? ~ Joni Mitchell
March 5th, Pussy Willow… (Monochrome)
“I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows grey
Are Angel Kittens who have lost their way,
And every Bulrush on the river bank
A Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.??? ~ Oliver Herford
March 4th, CL4P-TP… (Monochrome)
“A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.” ~ H. L. Mencken
March 3rd, Sock Monkey… (Monochrome)
“It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.” ~ Robert M. Hutchins
March 2nd, Airliner… (Monochrome)
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.??? ~ Leonardo da Vinci
March 1st, Telephone… (Monochrome)
“Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. ~ Ambrose Bierce