Surprise Yourself This Year...

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you are wonderful. And don't forget to make some art, to write or draw,  to build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you will surprise yourself."

Neil Gaiman

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Make Mistakes... Holy. Powerful. Beautiful. Sacred.

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You are doing things you have never done before, and more importantly, you are doing something. So that is my wish for you, and all of us. And my wish for myself. Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody has ever made before. Do not freeze, do not stop, do not worry that it is not good enough, or it is not perfect, whatever it is. Art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you are scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes. Next year and forever and ever."

Neil Gaimann

Holy. Powerful. Beautiful. Sacred.

And here is to a New Year... And loving our mistakes.

It's all about our perfect imperfections.

And our imperfect perfections.

Of living. And loving. And being.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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Making Love an Art...

"We will make love an art. And we will make love like artists."

Marianne Williamson

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I Am Not Kidding...

"Go into the arts. I am not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something."

Kurt Vonnegut

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Life is Art...

"Every child is an artist. 

The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

Pablo Picasso

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Sharing Life. Sharing Inspiration.

Make Mistakes...

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You are doing things you have never done before, and more importantly, you are doing something. So that is my wish for you, and all of us. And my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody has ever made before. Do not freeze, do not stop, do not worry that it is not good enough, or it is not perfect, whatever it is. Art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you are scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes. Next year and forever and ever."

Neil Gaiman

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Surprise Yourself...

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you are wonderful. And don't forget to make some art, to write or draw,  to build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you will surprise yourself."

Neil Gaiman

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Encouraging Courage. Soul to Soul.

Look Inside Your Heart...

"If you want to know me, look inside your heart."

Lao Tzu

Painting: He Jinwei, Peking

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Fascination...

"The world fascinates me."

Andy Warhol

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You are Michelangelo...

"You want to become aware of your thoughts and choose your thoughts carefully and you want to have fun with this. Because you are the masterpiece of your own life. You are the Michelangelo. And the David you are sculpting is you."

Joe Vital

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Every Child is an Artist...

"Every child is an artist. 

The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

Pablo Picasso

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Have You Ever...

"Have you ever heard the earth breathe?"

Kate Chopin

Artist: Unknown (Unfortunately)

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Heimat Loves You...

Word of the Day... Heimat.

Stefan Strumbel | Heimat

Heimat is your roots. Heimat is where you come from. Heimat is home.

There are no borders with Heimat. And sometimes I believe, Heimat isn't even a country.

It is simply your story. It is what you were born into. But also, what you choose to live.

Stefan Strumbel, a German artist, is currently one of the most appraised artists of our time.

The New York Times acclaims him. Karl Lagerfeld loves him.

(And I am proud to call him my neighbour.)

Stefan gave new birth and meaning to the word "Heimat". He provoked it. He challenged it.

But mostly, he gave Love to it. And Respect. And he's done it without words.

He's done it with colour. With passion. With attitude. With integrity.


So tell me. If you were to define Heimat, what would it be to you?

What is your story? What is your passion?

And where are you going to take it?

Make Heimat your word. Because Heimat loves you.


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With All My Heart...

"I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart."

Vincent Van Gogh

Painting: Almond Blossom, 1890
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

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You Will Long to Return...

"For once you have tasted flight 

you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, 

for there you have been and there you will long to return."

Leonardo Da Vinci

Artist: Unknown (Unfortunately)

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That Inner Voice...

"If you hear a voice within you say 

'You cannot paint,' then by all means paint. 

And that voice will be silenced."

Vincent van Gogh