SkyWatch Friday - Almost Sundown - Quote - Amy Leigh Mercree - Create

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Quote: “Life is like a collage. Its individual pieces are arranged to create harmony. Appreciate the artwork of your life.” ~ Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life

Thinking Outside the Box - Quote - Theodore Roosevelt - Comparison

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Quote: “Comparison is the thief of joy.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg Contemporary May, 2025 - Quote - Fran Kafka - Meditation

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Thinking Outside the Box - Napkin with a Heart - Quote - Gertrude Stein - Communication

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Quote: "If the communication is perfect, the words have life, and that is all there is to good writing, putting down on the paper words which dance and weep and make love and fight and kiss and perform miracles." ~ Gertrude Stein

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg in Corner - Quote - Yan Mei - Respond

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Quote: "As I lean and listen carefully, even the stones respond." ~ Yuan Mei (1716-1798)

Trail Marker Trees and Art Gallery of Dennis Downes

"I cannot separate what I do
from who I am."
...Dennis Downes

Dennis Downes, a watercolor artist, had an exhibit at The Grove, Glenview, IL. On Sunday, April 5th, I felt priviledged to have seen his work. According to his brochure, Mr. Downes creates his own paper from native grasses and his original paintings are displayed in homemade frames using porcupine quills and glass bead inlays.

At the entrance to the Lake Country Discovery Museum, Mr. Downes has on display a 16 foot bronze sculpture, TRAIL MARKER TREE.

To see examples of Trail Marker Trees and the Art Gallery of Dennis Downes click here http://www.downesstudio.net/.

"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure in the landscape — the loneliness of it — the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show. I think anything like that — which is contemplative, silent, shows a person alone — people always feel is sad. Is it because we've lost the art of being alone?"
…Andrew Wyeth, Artist.

View slideshow: http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Painter-Andrew-Wyeth-dies/ss/events/en/011609andrewwyeth

View Wyeth's Paintings: http://www.awyeth.com/
and http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/