The Swan

Winter has come for me, can't carry on.


The Chains to my life are strong but soon they'll be gone.


I'll spread my wings one more time.

Is it a dream?


All the ones I have loved calling out my name.


The sun warms my face.


All the days of my life, I see them passing me by.


In my heart I know I can let go.


In the end I will find some peace inside.


New wings are growing tonight.



As I am soaring I'm one with the wind.


I am longing to see you again, it's been so long.


We will be together again. 

Sharon den Adel

Doubts

As Nightfall crawls in shadowing the morning light. As your doubts begin to creep and fill you with fright. Do not fear the darkness, for the shadow only excits, when there is light...

Moving On

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

Stop avoiding pain & discomfort

Pain is necessary for growth and self understanding. Pain is part of our internal checks and balances. Don’t give into pain: understand it, accept it, and move forward. Don’t let pain steal your spirit or belief in life and love. Sometimes you need to sit with it, and let it be, but beyond that never, ever, empower your pain. You have a right to feel your pain.

Stop avoiding pain and discomfort. People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s not always the case. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. 

People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.

If We Could See Inside Others Hearts

Cubism

       Following their 1907 meeting in Paris, artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered the Cubist style, a new vision for a new century that inspired paintings that were initially ridiculed by critics for consisting of “little cubes.” Often painting side-by-side in their Montmartre, Paris, studios, the artists developed a visual language of geometric planes and compressed space that rejected the conventions of perspective and representation. Cubist works challenged viewers to understand a subject broken down into its geometrical components and often represented from several angles at once.

Cubists abstracted from real life to make their work, but most often maintained small identifiable clues to a realistic figure, whether a woman or a violin. The artists adopted a neutral palette of browns and blacks, intending the viewer to focus on the geometric composition rather than the color. Cubism marks a pioneering moment in the history of art—one that ended when many of its leading practitioners, Braque among them, enlisted to fight in World War I....




'' The things that Picasso and I said to one another during those years will never be said again, and even if they were, no one would understand them anymore. It was like being roped together on a mountain "
                                                                                                     Georges Braque




MoMA

A Lesson to the Next Generation

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.

Martin Luther King