A person is a fluid process, not a fixed and static entity; a flowing river of change, not a block of solid material; a continually changing constellation of potentialities, not a fixed quantity of traits.
And I realize that no matter where I am, whether in a little room full of thought, or in this endless universe of stars and mountains, it’s all in my mind.
The future is a concept, it doesn’t exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be, because time is always now. That’s one of the things we discover when we stop talking to ourselves and stop thinking. We find there is only present, only an eternal now.
A little good news in these crazy times…I received an email from an 8 year old art student in Rabat, Morocco a few days ago telling me how much they love my art work and that their teacher was using it to teach their class. Later that day I received an email from the teacher who told me “The students have been transported by your art” and that they have an assignment to research me and my art (bibliography)!!!!!!. Honestly , I have no words to describe how FULL my heart is by this…One of the biggest reasons I started painting back in tha day was to inspire others the way that so many artists have inspired me……….!!!!
Last week on MSNBC, Kellyanne Conway invented a massacre that never happened in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
But here’s one that’s real: In 1643, white settlers massacred 30 indigenous people in what is now Bowling Green Park, one of the oldest sections of New York City, Indian Country Media Network reported.
Back then, New York City was known as New Amsterdam and was a struggling colonial outpost under Dutch rule.
The then-governor of New Netherlands, Willem Kieft, sent groups of European soldiers to an area at the tip of Manhattan island, which was then home to Lenape tribe.
The soldiers killed 80 members of the tribe in what is now Pavonia, New Jersey, and massacred another 30 in Manhattan. Read more
