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the life-changing magic of. . . (three)

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conversation stoppers: things to say to those who wander by while you’re painting

“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/ “Pardon me, my friends, I have ventured to paint my happiness on the wall.”- friedrich nietzsche/ “Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.”- wassily kandinsky/“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”- vincent van gogh/ “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”- henry ford/ “If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.”- honore de balzac/ “The devil is not as black as he is painted.”- dante alighieri /“Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.” – banksy/ “I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination.”- charles baudelaire/ Continue reading the life-changing magic of. . . (three)

the life-changing magic of. . . (one)

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in the air lately.

i got the call last night, from a private client, one who shall remain, for reasons soon clear, not only nameless, but absent any identifying detail.  i take his calls any time, any place, as my service to him is the essence of time-sensitive.

‘mom isn’t doing well,’ he said. ‘she’s lost a lot of weight.’

‘what are your holiday travel plans?’ he asked.

i assured him that no matter where i was in the coming ten days, i’d fly back to atlanta the moment he needed me to.  Continue reading the life-changing magic of. . . (one)