Archive for the ‘Soul Pick-Up’ Category

Norman Adams, RA

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Art has always been related to Spirituality. I can’t conceive of art without it.

Norman Adams RA, (1927-2005)

Rainbow Painting (1) 1966, Norman Adams RAThe above quote is written on the back of a card I bought from The Royal Academy, which I rediscovered recently. Rainbow Painting (1) 1966 has been glued to my studio wall for at least a couple years, and it still makes me smile.

As a romantic artist I suppose my concern is with the usual problems of life-death, body-soul, tangible-intangible, time-space etc. The translucent and ephemeral quality of the rainbow contrasts powerfully with the weight of the sea. Yet both rainbow and sea are complete entities—independent yet integrally related—like the body and the soul.

Norman Adams RA

He once described himself as a ‘compulsive believer’. There are many religions that people believe in: Norman could believe in them all…

www.normanadams.mfbiz.com

Rumi soul pick-up

Monday, August 10th, 2009

If you surrender yourself to your essence, the whole world surrenders to you.

Rumi, Come As You Are

soul pick-up

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

Moshe Dayan

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

Confucius

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

Steve Jobs


Love is my religion.

Ziggy Marley

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Anais Nin

Love is the beauty of the soul.

St. Augustine

To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance.

Oscar Wilde