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John William Tuohy lives in Washington DC

When you're writing

 


Unknown, I;m fairly certain its a photo, not a painting.


 

Favrile glass vase. 1893 - 1896 tiffany


 

I absolutley love this kid


 

"Experience has taught me

 "Experience has taught me that it is wrong and cruel to suspend judgment, that non-judgmentalism is at best indifference to the suffering of others, at worst a disguised form of sadism. How can one respect people as members of the human race unless one holds them to a standard of conduct and truthfulness? How can people learn from experience unless they are told that they can and should change? One doesn't demand of laboratory mice that they do better: but man is not a mouse, and I can think of no more contemptuous way of treating people than to ascribe to them no more responsibility than such mice.”

Theodore Dalrymple (1949-) English psychiatrist and cultural critic.

To a literate reader,

 To a literate reader, a crisp sentence, an arresting metaphor, a witty aside, an elegant turn of phrase are among life’s greatest pleasures.

- Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century




The main Writing in Progress


 

I love B&W

Vivian Maier. Chicago, June 19, 1961.


Federico Patellani. Italy (Sardegna, Barbagia), 1962.


Robert Frank. New York City. 1948

What is success?

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson