Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.

Constantin Stanislavski

 You are not going to find yourself there, you know

In the oils, in the canvas, in the spilling over of other people's minds

 

You are just not going to find yourself. 

 

 

 

No one else can sketch your life

There is only one way to see yourself in the art of living

Just pick up life's brushes and have a go!

and that's poetiquejustis

For we are God's masterpiece

 created in Christ Jesus to do good works, 

which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

Silhouettes

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes 

seem more energetic.

Antonio Gaudi

There are days when you can feel that you are fading

Simply blending in to the background of life

and other people's agendas

A dot on life's illustrated version

 

No!

Refuse to fade!

 Leave the shadows behind

 

 

Find your place in the sun

Find your light

and shine

and that's poetiquejustis

And God said: Let there be light, and there was light.

Genesis 1:3

My First Hero

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection,

 and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

J D Salinger

When I was a kid, I was a big fan of Annie Oakley

Had the cowgirl outfit, and the six gun and all

Annie was my first hero

Not because I liked guns

But because she knew how to aim

She picked out a target

got it in her sights- no matter where it was!

and pulled the trigger

and she never missed

I may miss once in a while

but, by gum,,,,I am going to keep on aiming!

 
and that's poetiquejustis

It Couldn't Be Done
Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That maybe it couldn't, but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so “till he tried.”

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried, he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it.”
But he took off his coat and took off his hat
And the first thing he knew he'd begun it.

With the lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle right in with a bit of a grin,
Then take off your coat and go to it;

Just start to sing as you tackle the thing,
That cannot be done, and you'll do it.

Edgar A. Guest

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”  

Matthew 19:26

What Is In Your Wake?

Hope is a waking dream

Aristotle

Today's to do list:

1. Wake up

2. Count your blessings

3.  Say thank you for all that you have

4. Put a smile on your face before anyone else has to look at it!

5.  Enjoy life!

and that's poetiquejustis

A cheerful heart is good medicine

Proverbs 17:22

The Right to Remain Silent

I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.

Ron White

The next time someone says something mean to you

You have the right to remain silent

When someone is rude to you

Yo have the right to remain silent

You have the right to be kind to them in return

You have the right to be patient and gentle

You have the right to be different!

Know your rights!

and that's poetiquejustis

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:1

A Flowery Speech

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, 

and the deep power of joy, 

we see into the life of things.

William Wordsworth

The flowers are watching

I just know they are

They really do not miss a thing

 

                  Sometimes, I even think they cry over our human tragedies and foibles

 

and I am certain that they laugh at our worrying so much!

 Flowers know how to live

They greet the dawn with joy

and they fear nothing from the night

Hiding in plain sight,

                                               They spend the time they were given on earth

teaching us how to live

 

If only we will listen

 

 

and that's poetiquejustis

 

 

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? "

^{Matthew 6:28}

Just a Sprinkle!

Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

William Butler Yeats

I have been traveling for the past few days

In and out of cities and airports and other people's live

Flying through the air

Or just walking out your door

You can leave a trail

                                                                         of friendly fairy dust

Where there was none before

and that's poetiquejustis

Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.

Hans Christian Andersen