Stop Buying Stuff

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Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.
---Anthony D'Angelo

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
---Eric Hoffer

Niagara Falls in Motion

Niagara Falls in Motion from Matthew Wartman on Vimeo.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. (Confucius)

How and Why Music Therapy is Effective

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
---Berthold Auerbach


Music Relaxation

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
---Maya Angelou

There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. (Vicki Baum)

Sour

SOUR / 日々の音色 (Hibi no Neiro) MV from Magico Nakamura on Vimeo.

Because it Matters

Because it Matters.net


What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.
---Judy Grahn

Life is Beautiful by Stephen Niebauer

Life is Beautiful from Stephen Niebauer on Vimeo.

The Art of Gavin Duvet

the pine wood, the log fire, the clubs and the spell

Spark - Over the Rhine

quotes

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
---Pablo Picasso

The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven's Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it.
---Louis Kahn

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
---Thomas Merton

Art is the proper task of life.
---Friedrich Nietzche

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
---George Bernard Shaw

A Tribute to KODACHROME: A Photography Icon

Kodak is retiring KODACHROME Film, concluding its 74-year run. My knowledge on this type of film is very limited but I do know the most important fact about it. Many beautiful pictures have been shot on kodachrome.

Click here to see a slide show of fantastic examples.

Peace begins with a smile. (Mother Teresa)

Smile More Than Frown

G. Love - Peace, Love, and Happiness

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. (Fuller)

There's nothing that bring a smile to my face faster than the creativity of others...

Daily Paintings

.Beaux Gestes with Love.


You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
---Nietzche

quotes

"I've become less interested in leaving my mark on the world than in just not making it any worse."
---Clark Collis

"Have fun at all costs. This is all we can do in order to insure a more secure future for ourselves and loved ones. Imagine if everyone set out each day with intricate designs on Fun. I don't think Wall Street would necessarily shut down, but it would be immeasurably less brutal, don't you think?"
---Brett Gillen

Two new ways to view your days

Project 365

Photo Time Capsule

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

---Annie Dillard

quotes

Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.
---Dr. David M. Burns

I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.
---Michael Jordan

50 Things You Can Reuse

Reuse Everything

Ani Difranco - When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs cover)

Locks of Love

About Locks of Love



How to Donate


Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.
---Deepak Chopra

Ryan Adams - Stawberry Wine

The Miniature Earth