Thursday, February 16, 2017
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
The Heart of it All
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Mark Butkus,
The Heart of it All,
Valentine's Day
Monday, February 13, 2017
The Artist's Easel — The Inspirational Art of Marylou Falstreau
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One Day She Woke Up to Share Art and Poetry. |
How do you quench your thirst in the desert? I guess it all depends on what you are thirsting for. Last fall in the California desert we came across the art and poetry of Marylou Falstreau. It was like coming across a canteen of water in the desert. It was welcome. It was needed. And it sustained us...temporarily.
As a person needs water, a writer needs inspiration and we followed up with Marylou to learn more about her art. Her poetry and her passion. This is what she had to say.
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Artist's Easel,
Cezanne,
Magritte,
Marylou Falstreau,
Matisse,
One day She,
Picasso,
poetry,
Women and the Hourglass
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Library Way: John Ruskin and the Good and Bad of Books
Who was John Ruskin? The Ruskin Museum states that, "Ruskin believed in the power of art to transform the lives of people oppressed more by visual illiteracy than by poor material conditions. His passionate desire was to open people’s eyes to the free beauties surrounding them — sunsets, tender dawn light, iridescent feathers, spectacular natural crystals, green leaves against blue sky, clouds, the vitality of Gothic architecture and ornament. His creed was: ‘There is no wealth but life.’"
John Ruskin's quote on Library Way is from his book Sesame and Lilies. Published in 1865, Sesame and Lilies is comprised of two lectures that stress the important connections between society, art and nature. Ruskin also believes that the power of books — good and bad — can transform the lives of people:
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Richard Eberhart's The Groundhog on this Day
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
First Lines Second Thoughts — H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man
First Lines Second Thoughts is a look at the first lines of well known literary works. On second thought, do these opening words stand alone as poetry? Today, on this winter day, we look at the opening lines of H. G. Wells' classic, The Invisible Man. The tale was initially serialized in Pearson's Weekly before publication as a novel later that same year — 1897.
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