Idea: Stretch it
Thoughts: As we rise toward remembering….
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Thoughts: Randall’s desert island….
Whenever someone says, “Wow! There’s such a calm evening! Nothing going on!” looking over the ocean, I tend to think of Randall Munroe‘s reminder:
Thoughts: A little of both, and a lot of both
Lately, I’ve been noticing a few folks around me are telling me how bad the world is, and you know, sometimes they’re right. Others tell me how amazingly good it is, and you know, sometimes they’re right, too. Can we be honest & have both?
This is the first lesson ye should learn:
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn’t behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us. This is a universal law, and until one begins to make application of same, one may not go very far in spiritual or soul development.
From the Akashic Records, with Edgar Cayce
Thoughts: Paying homage to Vincent….
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Part of the way you know Vincent Van Gogh did a super job with “Starry Night” is all those starry nights you & I have seen and whispered, “Bet that’s what Vincent saw!”
Alex Ruiz created the work above (you can see more of his work here) and here’s what he says:
I’ve often wondered about how the night sky looked to Van Gogh when he painted ‘Starry Night.’
This is an homage to him, and to his painting, one of my all time favorites. We see him standing here, looking up at the night sky…probably in awe, as he wondered how he would capture the beauty he saw. As well, this was the view from the sanitarium he was staying at, as it’s well known that the poor guy was quite mentally troubled. (For the record, it’s believed he painted this from inside the sanitarium, but I didn’t want bars on my image!)
I wanted this piece to be somewhat magical and fantastic, not just a normal night painting. Hence the large moon, large stars, transparent clouds etc., yet keeping a mostly realistic feel to it.
If you see the original painting, you see so much motion…it’s as if he saw the vibration on all the objects, and that he captured the wind! Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed creating it.
About Brother Ian
Over the centuries, Brother Ian has been collecting stories & information & discourses for the purpose of elevating the human condition as needed, dissecting it when necessary, and building the case for hope.
In the spirit of noting that organized crime, organized baseball, organized labour, and organized religion tend to engender controversy & occasional discord, I promise to be neither organized or critical of those who are.