http://oldnp.com studio and "other world" musings Mon, 13 May 2013 15:11:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://oldnp.com http://oldnp.com/2013/05/13/816/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/13/816/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:11:28 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=816 ]]> The only difference between me (a painter) and my father (a mechanic) is the oil on our hands. (2013)

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/13/816/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/13/812/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/13/812/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 14:55:50 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=812 ]]> Pure vision is more in need of an open mind than a perfect soul.  (1993)

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/13/812/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/809/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/809/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 17:05:05 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=809 ]]> When the wisdom of the present is blinded by its own arrogant magnificence, only the reckless belligerence of youth is capable of saving us of from ourselves. Had this not been an integral part of human evolution, life as we know it would never have been possible, would never change. . . would never get better.

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/809/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/806/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/806/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 16:54:53 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=806 ]]> Cities need three things to survive as communities in which living is vibrant: “local” schools with no need for busing, varied faith centers serving the spiritual needs of residents and “piazzas” – community gathering places centered in such a way that neighbours of every stripe and hue can congregate and share.

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/806/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/803/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/803/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 16:24:30 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=803 ]]> Everything. . . including democracy, has a best before date.

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/12/803/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/801/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/801/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 20:23:23 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=801 ]]> Like a bad speech, a bad painting is endurable for the first five minutes. After ten,  an enormous amount of patience and polite endurance is required to continue looking at it. After fifteen, it becomes unbearable. After twenty minutes downright annoying – for the repeated yawns it inevitably causes.

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/801/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/798/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/798/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 20:13:52 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=798 ]]> God is happy when we are happy, sad when we are sad and most angry when we waste the precious life given to us sucking our thumbs for hours on end.

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/798/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/795/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/795/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 20:07:57 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=795 ]]> Ignorance does not create anxiety. The belief, that one is a fool because we are ignorant, does.

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/07/795/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/02/792/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/02/792/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 12:17:11 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=792 ]]> Only through imitation do we develop toward originality. – John Steinbeck – American author (1902-1968)

]]> http://oldnp.com/2013/05/02/792/feed/ 0 oldnp http://oldnp.com/2013/05/02/790/ http://oldnp.com/2013/05/02/790/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 12:13:24 +0000 oldnp http://oldnp.com/?p=790 ]]> Over-reaction is what authorities too often do when an event occurs before which they should have taken action.

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