№ 513. Future Tense

 

"Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and likes you no matter what you are." Kurt Vonegut

№ 433. Experience, Observation and Imagination

"A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination — any two of which, at times any one of which — can supply the lack of the others."

--- William Faulkner

And everyone thinks he/she/they is/are a writer today. Imagination.

№ 414. Books Through Square Lenses

"Read! Whether your path is to build an empire or to find the lifelong companionship of music, every path is possible with that power. It all begins with one word; the same word that was delivered to an ancient prophet on the wings of an archangel: اقرأ" --- Mohammed Fairouz, from the book "A Velocity of Being, Letters to a Young Reader".

№ 282. Tradition and Prejudice

"The bird that would soar above the level of plain tradition and prejudice must have strong wings."

Kate Chopin

I watched Michelle Obama (FLOTUS) speak at the Democratic National Convention. Inspired, inspiring and hopeful! Just what the world needs, just about...now. 

№ 273. Confession

Woody Quotes

I confess.
I tell him all things.
He nods, eyes closed.

A turn of phrase
Catches him.
He smiles, eyes still shut.

I ask for
Absolution
And penance.

He grants me
Neither.
He sends me off

To work on
Bach's Preludium
After Hanon.