"The Universe Is Smiling - 2014" Wall Calendar

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The Universe Is Smiling: "Mirror"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul."

- George Bernhard Shaw

"A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror."

- Kahlil Gibran    

The Universe Is Smiling: Art Reflections

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Asking my usual question, "what is today's wisdom?' I was surprised to see this rather strange creature evolve, cradling his art installation. This must be the effect of going to two art events in New Jersey over the weekend. Time to reflect about art .... with a smile, of course :)

 

"You can have the idea in one 'room' of your mind, and you can watch the figure develop in the 'room' between your hands."

- James Kay

"Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

The Universe Is Smiling: Hoofbeats of creative exploration

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Hoof beats of creative exploration .... 

"What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real."
- Rabindranath Tagore
 

The Universe Is Smiling: Confidence never comes from having all the answers ...

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is confidence?

 

A: "Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers, it comes from being open to all the questions."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

- Albert Camus    

The Universe Is Smiling: Art of Life

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is the art of life?

 

A: "Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art"

- Leonardo da Vinci 

" Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes, your easy smile is your museum."

- Anselm Adams