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Apr 26 2020

Marsilio Ficino: Know Thyself

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Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Perfect Head.
Photograph: Public Domain

Knowledge and reverence of oneself are best of all

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: italian, letters, marsilio ficino, michelangelo buonarroti, nonfiction, philosophy, plato, prose

Apr 12 2020

Rainer Maria Rilke: On Solitude

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Boleslaw Biegas, Solitude.
Photograph: Fair Use

The act of being alone

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: austrian, boleslaw biegas, letters, letters to a young poet, nonfiction, prose, rainer maria rilke, silence, solitude

Sep 29 2019

The Cloud of Unknowing

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Alfred Stieglitz, Equivalents.
Image: Public Domain

A contemplation in which a soul is oned with God

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Visual Arts · Tagged: alfred stieglitz, american, christian mysticism, english, equivalents, nonfiction, photography, prose, the cloud of unknowing

Jul 21 2019

Stephen Nachmanovitch: The Art of Is

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Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation, Deluge.
Photograph: [Public Domain] WikiArt

Improvising as a way of life

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Performing Arts · Tagged: american, improvisation, music, nonfiction, prose, stephen nachmanovitch, the art of is, wassily kandinsky

Apr 14 2019

Josef Pieper: Only the Lover Sings

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Harald Sohlberg, Andante (Study).
Photograph: Public Domain

Art and contemplation

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: essays, german, harald sohlberg, josef pieper, nonfiction, only the lover sings, prose, travel

Mar 03 2019

Nicholas Roerich: Beautiful Unity

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Nicholas Roerich, The Greatest and Holiest of Tangla.
Photograph: Public Domain

The shining light of Art

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Visual Arts · Tagged: beautiful unity, nicholas roerich, nonfiction, painting, prose, russian, travel

Jul 08 2018

Krishnamurti’s Notebook

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Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

The path to peace

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: autobiography, brockwood park, essays, gustav klimt, indian, jiddu krishnamurti, nonfiction, notebooks, prose, spirituality, video

Apr 22 2018

Alan Watts: Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown

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Arkhip Kuindzhi, Snow.
Photograph: [Public Domain] WikiArt

A mountain journal

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: alan watts, arkhip kuindzhi, british, buddhism, cloud-hidden whereabouts unknown, essays, mount tamalpais, nonfiction, prose, taoism, zen

Feb 11 2018

Agnes Martin: Writings

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Mildred Tolbert, Agnes Martin.
Ledoux Street Studio, 1954.
Photograph: © Collection of the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico

A beautiful mind

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Visual Arts · Tagged: abstract expressionism, agnes martin, canadian, minimalism, nonfiction, painting, prose, tao, women, writings, zen buddhism

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