OliviaB

What a beautiful man. What beautiful pages.

I miss the art and I miss the man.

I wish I'd been a better friend, and hadn't trusted time.



Tell someone you love that you care. Right now.


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this painting is by this stumbler, Tim.
I think it's very beautiful. As are his pages. Much wonderful
art, poetry, and buddhist and taoist thought here. A real pleasure to visit.
The painting shows 'Harley Park overlook Missouri River Boonville Missouri 11 Nov. 06'.
Below is another image from his pages. The third image is a pastel he did earlier
this year, and shows Escalante Petrified Forest State Park.







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"Lessons From Europe for Economic Theorists" - Paul Krugman

Australia : "The two Perth accountants who costed the Coalition's 2010 election policies breached professional standards and will be fined, a disciplinary tribunal has ruled." More at the page. Why has this story been hidden by the mainstream media in Oz?

From the page: ant to

From the page: powerful

From Trei's gorgeous pages. Check them out.


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And that genius foresthippy has some tips for saving our pages.

"Poetry and Power"

by John F. Kennedy

posthumously published February 1964, The Atlantic


'When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses, for art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgement. The artists, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an officious state. The great artist is thus a solitary figure.'

The Space of Silence


Silence is another kind of space.

When everything is quiet and suddenly there is a noise,

we ordinarily say the silence was shattered.


But it's more accurate to say

that we forget the silence and listen only to the sound.


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The sun shines not on us but in us.

The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling,

vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies,

making them glide and sing.



~ John Muir ~
















The Buddha was a revolutionary,

a radical advocate for personal and social transformation.


He rejected the religious forms of his time

and renounced all forms of greed, hatred, and delusion.

He dedicated his life to going "against the stream,"

to the subversive path of an outlaw transient.


He wasn't afraid to speak out against the ignorance

in this world's political, social, and religious structures,

but he did so from a place of love and kindness,

from an enlightened compassion that extended to all living beings.


The Buddha's teachings are not a philosophy or a religion;

they are a call to action, an invitation to revolution.



Noah Levine

The Heart of the Revolution













Life is difficult.

This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.

It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth,

we transcend it.



Once we truly know that life is difficult -

once we truly understand and accept it -

then life is no longer difficult.

Because once it is accepted,

the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.



M. Scott Peck Psychiatrist & author