Showing posts with label Courage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Courage. Show all posts

Monday, January 28, 2019

Faith, meet challenges!

The Artdog Quote of the Week


Creativity requires a certain measure of boldness. Any time you put your original creation out there in the world, you put a part of yourself on the line.

Doesn't matter whether it's a thought, a dance, a story, a piece of artwork, an invention, your own performance skill, or what. That takes courage. It takes faith. It takes believing in yourself, and being willing to publicly fail.

Publicly failing sucks. It hurts. But it doesn't inevitably happen. You take a risk. And when it doesn't fail--when it succeeds, and you succeed, and the world is a better place because of your creative vision--that's about as sweet as it gets.

IMAGE: Many thanks to Brainy Quote for the image combined with the quote by Muhammad Ali.

Monday, March 21, 2016

Why our Paradigm for Justice is Flawed: Artdog Quote of the Week

We don't have to look far in our world to find human misery. It walks the streets of every city and haunts the byways of rural areas. It is overwhelming Europe and convulsing the Middle East and Africa most notably--but it is everywhere.
Vengeance is a poor follow-up to misery, for it only produces more misery and more lust for vengeance in an endless, mindless cycle.

My prayer is that we may find a way to break out of that destructive loop and seek a new paradigm. But the current political climate does not seem much inclined to foster any such thing.

How do we muster the courage and strength to stand up and say, "ENOUGH"?

IMAGE: Many thanks to Quotes Wave for this image!

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Photo of Interest: A D-Day Message


Seventy-one years ago today. Never forget.

IMAGE CREDIT: Many thanks to the discussion forum Tree of Liberty, for this image.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Artdog Quote of the Week

Art takes courage. Anyone who's ever created something and exposed it to the view of others knows how scary it can be. But here's the essential secret of creative work.

IMAGE CREDIT: Here's more wisdom from the "Wolf-Teeth" blog. Many thanks!