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happy day, valéry lorenzo

a beautiful day, a brilliant year ahead

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the important thing in life

you know (well, maybe you don't), i save some of the comments that are sent in. not as many as i should, perhaps. (i'm not much good at comments, myself; i get somewhat tongue-tied, usually.) but when someone sends a marvelous one, i'll try to save it or something. and don't ever reprint them, as in: have them stacked on the side of the blog. (but i've been tempted to, if only to remind myself of the good things.) anyway, this morning there was a comment in my mailbox that made such a difference. here, i'll reprint part of it for you. below. first, though, let me go back to something i used to say often, in the early days on the blog. please, when you are out and about today, say something nice to someone. do something nice for someone. be there. you never know what a difference it can make in another person's life. just smile at them, perhaps? truly smile. it can mean a great deal.

having someone believe in what you are doing, or just believe in the notion that you deserve a smile and a true wish for a good day: these are such simple things. and they can go so much farther than we understand. here is the smile that came in the mail this morning:

"The important thing in life," (or art)

"is not the triumph but the struggle,

the essential thing is not to have conquered but

to have fought well," Pierre de Coubertin...

[v.l., thank you so much for the whole comment. it was a sure beacon of light, and i will be forever grateful that you sent it. it reminds me of why i keep the blog going; how would we ever know if the words and pictures were not out there crossing continents and oceans with not even the skip of a heartbeat? changing, in some small and sure and marvelous way, lives.]

image: Valéry Lorenzo

there is only good art and bad art

v. l., from the excellent link you sent: the title quote, Barnett Freedman's

favorite retort to the question, 'What do you mean by commercial art?'

i wonder. is it all really just good art or bad art? & does it all fall under

one column (split into two)?

art

i guess you never know

if you don't try. (and who decides?)

no place like home

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find beauty in everything you can

thank you, valéry

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fun

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corners of heaven

while travelling, it occurred to me that we

make our roadmap of heaven here on earth.

what we choose to do. how we live it.

above, a photo that looks to me to be

a corner of a heaven: valéry lorenzo's studio.

there are other corners of heaven that seem

to have been showing up. perhaps it helps to notice them.

in our tiny slice of california, it is hot and beautiful.

i note that certainly (though it is in need of

a little tlc and a lot of water) one corner happens, thankfully,

to be right in our backyard.

good to be home.

photo: VALÉRY LORENZO