2008 mixed media
We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends.
- Josephine Ruffin (1842-1924)
Congenial souls refresh...while others drain and stress...
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- Maria Mitchell
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Sunday, August 31
Saturday, August 30
Floricelda Rivas Aráuz
2008 mixed media
Hay que vivir como en todo, actualizado. Vivir leyendo, dando vueltas junto con el mundo, no estar viendo que el mundo da vueltas, sino meterse en ese movimiento, si no te quedás, como el que quedó esperando un bus en la parada y lo vio partir. Si uno sigue así, se hace viejo, yo, en ese sentido, sí me siento jovencita.How do you live your life?
- Floricelda Rivas Aráuz (1947-2007)
Friday, August 29
Greta Garbo
2008 mixed media
Are there days where there is no plan, no agenda?
Are you spontaneous?
There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.What are your plans for today?
- Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
Are there days where there is no plan, no agenda?
Are you spontaneous?
Thursday, August 28
Judy Garland
2008 mixed media
Do you echo other people's words and opinions or do you have a mind of your own?
Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.How does one become a second rate version of another?
- Judy Garland (1922-1969)
Do you echo other people's words and opinions or do you have a mind of your own?
Wednesday, August 27
Marlene Dietrich
2008 mixed media
How many secrets have you betrayed?
How many secrets have you burdened others with?
Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.How many secrets do you keep?
- Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992)
How many secrets have you betrayed?
How many secrets have you burdened others with?
Tuesday, August 26
Alice Paul
2008 mixed media
I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.
- Alice Paul (1885 – 1977)
Describe your little stone in the great mosaic...
I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.
- Alice Paul (1885 – 1977)
Describe your little stone in the great mosaic...
Monday, August 25
Malvina Reynolds
2008 mixed media
I love this song, the message...
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
- Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978)
I love this song, the message...
Sunday, August 24
Pearl Bailey
2008 mixed media
Who crowns us? Family? Friends? Society?
Are these heavy crowns? Do they hurt? Are they worth wearing?
What stops us from removing them?
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.What crowns do we wear?
- Pearl Bailey (1918-1990)
Who crowns us? Family? Friends? Society?
Are these heavy crowns? Do they hurt? Are they worth wearing?
What stops us from removing them?
Saturday, August 23
Mourning Dove Christine Quintasket
2008 mixed media
What is your mission in life?
...everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence.What is your purpose on earth?
- Mourning Dove Christine Quintasket (1888-1936)
What is your mission in life?
Friday, August 22
Oriana Fallaci
2008 mixed media
I leave shreds of my soul on every experience.Where do you leave the shreds of your soul?
- Oriana Fallaci (1930-2006)
Thursday, August 21
Empress Carlota of Mexico
2008 mixed media
How do we starve our souls, minds and bodies?
All food they give me contains poison and I am starving.How do we poison ourselves through thoughts, words, actions?
- Empress Carlota of Mexico (1840-1927)
How do we starve our souls, minds and bodies?
Wednesday, August 20
Leonor Fini
2008 mixed media
What colors do you find within your dreams?
I paint pictures which do not exist and which I would like to see.What pictures do you paint in your dreams?
- Leonor Fini (1908-1996)
What colors do you find within your dreams?
Tuesday, August 19
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
2008 mixed media
How do you love?
Who do you serve?
Who do you love?
Love grows by service.How do you serve?
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
How do you love?
Who do you serve?
Who do you love?
Monday, August 18
Vivien Leigh
2008 mixed media
Life is too short to work so hard.If we are doing work we LOVE, then it does not seem very hard...
- Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)
Sunday, August 17
Sor María Romero Meneses
2008 mixed media
Prayer can be an action...and a silent conversation between the Divine and us...
La oración es para el alma lo que el aire para los pulmones.Prayer requires neither a priest nor a church, much less an audience.
Prayer is to the soul what air is to the lungs.
- Sor María Romero Meneses (1902 – 1977)
Prayer can be an action...and a silent conversation between the Divine and us...
Saturday, August 16
Ruth Whitman
2008 mixed media
Bearing a baby, writing a poem; both enter into life as beings not quite my own, but nourished by my blood and my milk.Who or what do we nourish into life? A child? A pet? A garden? A dish? A relationship? A book? A painting?
- Ruth Whitman (1921/22-1999)
Friday, August 15
Laura Ingalls Wilder
2008 mixed media
A child’s smile...
A firefly’s light...
A friend’s laughter...
A juicy peach...
A lover’s kiss...
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.The sweet simple things of life...
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)
A child’s smile...
A firefly’s light...
A friend’s laughter...
A juicy peach...
A lover’s kiss...
Thursday, August 14
Ariel Durant
2008 mixed media
How do we destroy?
It takes centuries to create a civilization, and only a generation or a year to destroy it.How do we create?
-Ariel Durant (1898-1981)
How do we destroy?
Wednesday, August 13
Abigail Adams
2008 mixed media
What is one of your great virtues?
Is there a connection?
Great necessities call out great virtues.What is one great necessity in your life right now?
- Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
What is one of your great virtues?
Is there a connection?
Tuesday, August 12
Diane Arbus
2008 mixed media
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.My mother shares this philosophy. No matter how she is feeling, she always manages to put herself together. It is not about vanity, but about self-esteem...
- Diane Arbus (1923-1971)
Monday, August 11
Maria Mitchell
2008 mixed media
What is stopping you?
Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.What have you wanted to do but have been postponing?
- Maria Mitchell (1811-1889)
What is stopping you?
Sunday, August 10
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
2008 mixed media
Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist.What do you endeavor to be?
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
Saturday, August 9
Mary Ritter Beard
2008 mixed media
Unless one's philosophy is all-inclusive, nothing can be understood.Is your philosophy inclusive or exclusive?
- Mary Ritter Beard (1876 - 1958)
Friday, August 8
Shirley Chisholm
2008 mixed media
Do you welcome it?
Do you fear it?
Do you fight it?
Do you avoid it?
Are you in denial of it?
I am, was, and always will be a catalyst for change.What is your relationship to change?
- Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005)
Do you welcome it?
Do you fear it?
Do you fight it?
Do you avoid it?
Are you in denial of it?
Thursday, August 7
Marcheline Bertrand
2008 mixed media
Remembering my beloved Grand Mother Maruca
Queen of Heaven
Queen of my Heart...
Weep, but briefly, for your loved ones as they enter into the Kingdom of God for they shall possess a joy and peace that is unattainable on God's earthly realm. Rather, rejoice in their everlasting and total happiness for their eyes have seen God.
- Marcheline Bertrand (1950-2007)
Remembering my beloved Grand Mother Maruca
Queen of Heaven
Queen of my Heart...
Wednesday, August 6
Jane Addams
2008 mixed media
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.
- Jane Addams (1860-1935)
What have you been fearing to attempt?
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.
- Jane Addams (1860-1935)
What have you been fearing to attempt?
Tuesday, August 5
Yvonne DeCarlo
2008 mixed media
Where does your security come from?
Finances?
Self-esteem?
Family?
Friends?
Possessions?
Prayer?
Faith?
It meant security. It gave me a new, young audience I wouldn't have had otherwise. It made me 'hot' again, which I wasn't for a while.
- Yvonne DeCarlo (1922-2007)
Where does your security come from?
Finances?
Self-esteem?
Family?
Friends?
Possessions?
Prayer?
Faith?
Monday, August 4
Anna Jameson
2008 mixed media
In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.
- Anna Jameson (1794-1860)
What do you fear?
How do you combat fear?
Do you let fear rule your life?
In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.
- Anna Jameson (1794-1860)
What do you fear?
How do you combat fear?
Do you let fear rule your life?
Sunday, August 3
Her Imperial Majesty, Joséphine, Empress of France
2008 mixed media
I do not know what my fate will be, I suspect it has been decided.Do you believe your fate has been decided?
- Her Imperial Majesty, Joséphine, Empress of France (1763-1814)
Saturday, August 2
Mary Kay
2008 mixed media
I CAN
I WILL
I MUST
BELIEVE it...and it shall be so...
Every failure, obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise. Success in many cases is failure turned inside out. The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' - with - 'I can, I will, I must.'
- Mary Kay (1918-2001)
I CAN
I WILL
I MUST
BELIEVE it...and it shall be so...
Friday, August 1
Cyd Charisse
2008 mixed media
I never thought of myself as a ‘Star’, not even after I made my biggest films. Perhaps that’s because I am basically an introvert. I knew that I loved working, performing. What the public made of it was their business. I hoped that they liked me and admired my work, of course, but that pedestal they stuck me up on was insignificant in my view.What pedestals have we been placed upon? By whom?
- Cyd Charisse (1922-2008)
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