In the spirit of upcycling and crafting with thrifty materials, I give you: Coffee Filter Flowers! I hear you, these guys are all over Pinterest. These coffee filter flowers range from super…
Source: Easy & Pretty Coffee Filter Flowers DIY
In the spirit of upcycling and crafting with thrifty materials, I give you: Coffee Filter Flowers! I hear you, these guys are all over Pinterest. These coffee filter flowers range from super…
Source: Easy & Pretty Coffee Filter Flowers DIY
What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.
When we wish to bring it into our work we find it very hard. We must gather it together from far and wide, and especially in the case of the human figure throughout all its limbs from before and behind.
One may often search through two or three hundred men without finding amongst them more than one or two points of beauty which can be made use of.
You, therefore, if you desire to compose a fine figure, must take head from some, the chest, arm, leg, hand, and foot from others; and, likewise search through all members of every kind.
For from many beautiful things something good many be gathered, even as honey is gathered from many flowers.
~Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), painter, on the ideal of beauty~
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway
What if I tell you that listening is much more important than speaking? Most people often forget that we have one mouth and two ears, which means we should listen twice as much as we speak. That way we will be able to connect with others on a spiritual level, not being driven by our egoistic instincts which make us speak without listening.
The world would be a better place if people listened to each other more. Thus communication will be real, everyone will say what they want and won’t keep it in their head, conflicts will lessen and people will refind their compassion.
Listening is an art, a way to other people’s heart, an effort requiring patience, sometimes a battle with yourself, and a skill you need to learn in…
View original post 811 more words