“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul” – Plato Ah, Mozart ! Truly, a genius, a magician weaving spells with hi...

“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!” - Barbara Hoffman Have you ever had a perfectly ordinary day, a...

“Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defence.” - Mark Overby The Victorian era was a strange...

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” - Aristotle Seeing it’s Lovers’ Day Eve, I thought it appropriate to indulge in a...

"Don't eat too many almonds; they add weight to the breasts."
- Colette Almond blossom , Prunus amygdalis , is the birt...

Soutine's portraits from the 1920s, distinguished by their subjects' twisted faces and distorted limbs and by the emphasis in each c...

Modigliani introduced Soutine to the art dealer Leopold Zborowski, who enabled him to spend three years (1919–22) painting at Céret in the s...

Soutine's life had changed radically after the American collector, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, bought many of his canvases in 1923. Having pre...

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” - Henry Ward Beecher Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) ...

"I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine." - Reed, Lou The day was definitely autumnal today, the first hint of autumn, pe...

“All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!” – Charles Schulz A busy day today and all sorts of thi...

"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others." – Confucius Happy Chinese New Year! This is the year of the Rat ! T...

“Silence is a source of great strength.” – Lao Tzu To those of you who have wished for a flood of words when arid, stony silence was all you...

“Confessed faults are half-mended.” - Scottish Proverb Shrovetide is the period just before Lent when people made their “shrifts”, or they...

“Civilisation is the process of setting man free from men.” - Ayn Rand We watched an excellent Greek Movie by Nikos Grammatikos, at the week...

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin Februa...

“Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.” – Amelia Burr The sweet melancholy of our days colours our thoughts and dims the...

“I want to have a good body, but not as much as I want dessert.” - Jason Love A short blog entry today as I am travelling for work and I am ...

“That dire disease, whose ruthless power Withers the beauty's transient flower.” - Oliver Goldsmith Vinca major , the white periwinkle ...

"If I know what love is, it is because of you." - Hermann Hesse Many years ago when I visited Italy, I listened to a song on the r...