The most recent studies,. . . both behavioral and biological, indicate one's sexual orientation is genetic, something one is born with.
Understand who you are and who you want to be, and thereby learn how you may best relate to others.
Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts.
The degree to which the arts are included in our educational curriculum is totally inadequate. The arts are just as important as math and science in an education and just as important as any other endeavour in our lives.
Today, we're encouraged to believe that we should have a verbal interpretation for what we view as art - when in fact the words are an intrusion on the experience.
Regardless of the importance of known evidence to the contrary, the arts are generally regarded as being so much entertaining fluff, a commodity that isn't a priority in the traditional program of learning. This is unacceptable in a so-called 'enlightened' society.
Growing up in Northern Ontario provided me with a strong affinity for the natural environment that was so eloquently responded to by Tom Thomson and his colleagues. The concept of this painting grew out of a number of forays into Algonquin over the years. From its conception I intended Algonquin to be a subtle tribute to Tom Thomson. But I also wanted it to be a response to the natural beauty that so typifies the grandeur of Ontario’s first provincial park.
When people ask the Dalai Lama, "Is Buddhism a religion?" he answers, "Yes, it is. " Then they ask, "What kind of religion is it?" He responds, "My religion is kindness. " You might think, "Everyone's is. " Everyone's is. That's true. It's not complicated to describe the goal of a spiritual life. It's easier than you think to explain it. It's more difficult than you can imagine to do it.
A lot of people who are passionate about digital or publishing, they either want to be in New York or Brooklyn.
Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.
The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.