“Money is not the value for which goods are exchanged, but the value by which they are exchanged.”

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• I looked at my own bookshelves.
• I asked librarians after telling them about my book.
• I asked other writers, especialy writer friends
• Goodreads and Amazon
• I researched the last three years of “best of” lists.
• I researched debut books of the last three years in my genre.
• I checked out a ton of books
• I considered what books I would expect my readers to be reaching for and thought about why—then applied this to my search.
• Websites for my search next time: https://www.bookbrowse.com... target="_self">BookBrowse and https://www.literature-map... target="_self">Literature-Map.

A Suicide Bombing

An unimaginably loud explosion,
Is followed by broken glass,
And the screams of women and children,
Who are caught up in the blast.

They are caught up in a conflict,
It is catching up with all their lives,
It hasn’t asked for what it’s taken,
And it won’t apologise.

The people open their eyes,
Or at least all those who can,
They don’t want to see the damage,
Dealt by the bombers hand.

They survey all the bleeding,
They hear the cries of pain,
They struggle to comprehend this,
And they start to feel the strain.

A half a dozen are dead,
Fathers, mothers and sons,
And no one can answer the question:
In all this loss, just who has won?

What would drive a person
To board a bus with this in his head?
The survivors don’t know the reason,
Anyone who does is probably dead.

My personal goals in undertaking all this

My goals for the redesign:

• To facilitate a more engaging and seamless experience when it comes to exploring and staying connected
• To design a more personable and intuitive user interface
• To design through user empathy (HCD )

🎨 What role does art play in shaping society and culture? 🌍✨ Share your thoughts! Do you think art reflects our world or helps to shape it? Let's discuss! #ArtDebate #Culture #ArtDiscussion

If you could

if you could read some ones mind
do you every wounder what you'll find
maybe a mind full of hopes an wonderful dreams
or of thoughts of death an an not so good things
would you use it to your advantage to make people see the damage
or the warmness of there heart an not the darkness in every part
if you could read my mine do you wounder what you would find
wrote between the lines??

🌟 Art lovers, let's discuss! 🎨✨

What role do you think emotions play in the creation of art? Do you believe that art should evoke feelings, or can it exist purely as an intellectual exercise? Share your thoughts! #ArtDiscussion #EmotionalArt #Creativity

Asprey Studio is thrilled to announce its participation in Art Basel Miami Beach ( @ArtBasel ), from 3 to 7 December 2025, with a digital and physical presentation of new works by Italian artist Andrea Chiampo (Andrea_Chiampo ) and Ethiopian artist collective Yatreda, led by https://t.co/r9IgB0heDY

#TheArtAnglePodcast : This week on the podcast scholar and curator Chika Okeke-Agulu talks to co-host Ben Davis about the meaning Nigeria's 1960s art upsurge.

Listen to the podcast: https://t.co/5D3rxirQVz https://t.co/p9LAt819IF

🎨 Embracing the power of color in art can transform a simple canvas into an emotional landscape. Each hue tells a story, evokes memories, and connects us to the world around us. Let your palette speak! #Art #ColorTheory #Creativity 🌈🖌️

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Self Portrait - Jean-Michel Basquiat

Winter landscape. Behovo. - Vasily Polenov

Never Broken

My heart is in your hands. What will you do with it?
I give it freely; I've not had it broken before.
I may not deserve it, but I hope we end together.
We may not make it, but we have to try, right?
How could we sacrifice what we have, something so beautiful.
These are the things dreams are made of, that which we have,
Things sometimes never achieved.
We have.

You tell me you're mine, if I ever want you.
How could you even doubt it?
I never have.

You say you're independent - so am I.
You don't want to be tied down too early.
I'll help you fly.

You say you don't want to spend eternity without me.
What kind of God would do that to us?
Not any God of mine.

Time wasted on meaningless pastimes, without you.
So many things I want you to see, to be with me through.
I can't wait for the day I never leave you, together.
The day we become one, in God's eyes, forever.

Love does not begin to say it all.

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