The Game

Why can't you just leave me alone
Just stay out of my life, it's too hard w/ you here
I have somebody else now
Somebody I can actually hold near
Do I want you back?
Why ask a question you already know
I still love you with everything I have
I don't think I will ever be able to let you go
Sometimes I can't hold back the memories of you
Remembering what you do makes me cry
I'd give anything to have you here
Forgetting your face makes me want to die
I've never had anything as good as you
But with all good comes bad
I will never have anyone love me like you
I wish we still had what we had
You want me back and you make it sound so easy
Break up with him and it'll be like it used to be?
If only I knew you could make your words come true
I'd do anything if you could just make me see
Don't hurt me anymore, I can't do it
It's not as easy as it sounds, you're killing me
I'm going to hurt regardless
Just leave me alone, and let things be
I'll love you forever, you know I will
If only I knew your love was the same
One more tear over you will leave me dry
If only I were up for the game

Winter - Jacopo Bassano

Reverend Monro Wilson - John Pettie

Seascape - James Hamilton

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Ludus Latrunculorum

A variant of the ancient Greek game Petteia, this two-player strategy game was popular in ancient Rome. The board game had a grid of varying sizes, as documented in the first century BC.

A primitive combination of checkers and chess, Ludus Latrunculorum, also known as Latrunculi had the players moving backwards and sideways in the grid with the aim of surrounding an isolated enemy player. Its exact rules remain unclear.

Raphaël Pichon led the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a take on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that, with an added prelude, unfurled as a barrage of ideas. https://t.co/PGARSjDMum

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Defining Art

• Art does not have a universal definition, though it is generally believed that it is an intentional and conscious creation of something that requires imagination and skill.


• It can be thought of as a symbol of what it means to be human, manifested in physical form for others to see and interpret.


• The word ‘art’ originates from the Latin word ‘ars’ that means skill or craft.


• Art, like beauty, is subjective, and its valuation and definition changes as time goes by.


• To understand art one has to see it’s essential nature and the social impact or importance it generates.

Steam Train - Lyonel Feininger

Old Age Despair

OLD AGE DESPAIR

What good the golden hoard, the noble fame
Of heroes or the praise of younger Man?
The hand of Death makes Man but a mere name
And none may linger longer than the span
Of years which fickle Fate allots.

We start to die when we begin to live.
The ages pass and we and all our kin
Are dead and those who died can only give
Scant recompense for all we did. Oh! What a sin
To live at all. Our whole life rots!

Is there a God who looks upon our toil?
Does He not watch our progress and approve
Our every act? Are we but soil
That lie beneath this Earth never to move?
Man dies when he is dead and ties the knots
Around him in the silent graveyard plots.

                                                                              Hugh L.M.Wyles 2003

Third Strike

So I ran around in the dark (a mistake)
With blind eyes, and a blind mind (a choice)
I've ran out of words (a crime)
Let me end this now (so I can die)
I've broken down (ran out of time)
Ruined everything again (my life)
Why can't I go? Why can't I go?

CHORUS: Blistering fire tears my insides
To a crisp, I find myself go blind
Help me now, I need your kiss so bad
Look, now I've succumbed to be sad
Tear drops burn my wounds
I always figured I'd end up last, I'd lose

And this time I'll be smart
Won't be misled, won't be brought down
Walk my way over the snow covered hills
Find a life that suites me well
So long, we'll meet again sometime before hell

CHORUS x 2

REPEAT 1 with parentheses first

CHORUS x 1

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Should the wreckage be identified at part of the fleet of Vasco da Gama, experts are calling it "archaeological stardust". https://t.co/Qz1yUl2C5a

US artist transforms former Confederate monument into heartfelt symbol–With a gesture of love, Raúl de Nieves has altered a New Orleans space once described as ‘the most racist’ in the city

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2. The Law of Polarity

The Law of Polarity decrees everything in the universe has its opposite: hot-cold, good-bad, inside-outside.

Nature :

• There are a right and a left side to your body and a front and back.
• Every up has a down, and every down has an up.
• Everything has an opposite that is equal.

TIP:

• Understanding the Law of Polarity helps you see both sides of a person, situation, or circumstance.
• You’ll be aware that it’s your thoughts and choices, not your circumstances, that will create the life you desire.

🎨 Embrace the beauty of imperfection in art! Every brushstroke tells a story, and every flaw adds character. Let’s celebrate creativity in all its forms and inspire each other to unleash our unique visions. #ArtisticExpression #CreativityUnleashed 🌟

Miniature houses offer safe spaces

In psychological terms, dollhouses offer a safe space that promotes total control. For children, dollhouses present an environment at their command, even if their own world is chaotic or full of domestic sorrows.

In a world where most millennials are unable to get on the real property ladder, it's no surprise that dollhouses provide a bit of wish fulfilment.

“Travelling makes a person young because he doesn't get time to get old.”

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Ancient priestess’s remains discovered in hidden Middle Kingdom tomb near Cairo

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AND THEN, THE LOVER, SIGHING LIKE FURNACE, WITH A WOEFUL BALLAD MADE TO HIS MISTRESS' EYE-BROW - Louis Wain