February 2012
27 posts
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
—Rabindranath Tagore
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
—Steve Jobs
My Girls are just back from Hilton Anwerp hotel.
And in 3 weeks we are back in Antwerp in Radission Blu Park Lane Hotel
with Accessible Art Fair Antwerp.
Come and meet us from 16 till 18 March
at Radisson Blu Park Lane
Van Eycklei 34, B-2018 Antwerp
“Painting has always been a means of self-expression for me. Therefore, I paint because I have to and need to, not necessarily because I want to. Subconsciously or not, the figures I paint are a reflection of myself and whatever mood I am in at the time, so every painting is in essence a self-portrait.”
—Lori Earley
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.”
—Leonard Bernstein
Charlie Chaplin: As I Began to Love Myself
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY“.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me.
Today I call it “RESPECT“.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it “Maturity“.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm.
Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE“.
As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm.
Today I call it “SIMPLICITY“.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF“.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is “MODESTY“.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING is happening.
Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT“.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART“.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Today I know THAT IS “LIFE“!
by Charlie Chaplin
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
— Pablo Picasso
“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.”
—James Whistler
“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.”
—Hedy Lamarr
“What we perceive as a failure may simply be our inner being’s way of telling us that we are ready to move to a new level of growth.”
—Anne Wilson Schaef
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“”Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
—Henry Ward Beecher
