Frances Gaffney 🌻 @frankences

Independent Fine Artist, Alien Hybrid. On Twitter, I speak only on behalf of the Aliens. #philosophy #irrealism #pastel #watercolor #oilpainting New York, NY Joined January 2009

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Frances Gaffney 🌻 @frankences

5 months ago

Hey @Amtrak ! Shout out to Andre on the California Zephyr last Tuesday! Andre was such a bright light in the dining car, and my porter Robert in car 531 was super helpful.

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The Project Wisdom @project4wisdom

10 months ago

Henry David Thoreau: "I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor."

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Frances Gaffney 🌻 @frankences

10 months ago

New work will be exhibited at Corscaden Barn Gallery in Keene Valley, NY. Reception July 13. #corscadengallery #pleinairpainting #outdoorpainter #pasteldrawing #oilpainting #adirondacks #mountainscapes #fineart #contemporaryart

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The Project Wisdom @project4wisdom

10 months ago

Joseph Campbell: "We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

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J. D. Landis @J_D_Landis

10 months ago

For success to last, it must re-experience failure.

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ʿAṭṭār @noonessleep

11 months ago

Retributive justice is, at best, a concession to human weakness (and, here, I mean as much the weakness of the victim as of the perpetrator) and, at worst, evil.

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People don’t believe in rest. They are so afraid of delaying anything, and they always have to rush. This automatically seeds extreme nervousness, frustration and fear, so when they age, they are more unhappy and depressed. 1/3

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MAK @markallankaplan

12 months ago

In the midst of shifting change and bleak appearances, the mystic sees the changeless in the heart of change and the light of truth behind appearances.

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☿ Footnotes2Plato ☼☽ @ThouArtThat

12 months ago

"What has been formed is immediately transformed again, & if we would succeed, to some degree, to a living view of Nature, we must attempt to remain as active & as plastic as the example she sets for us." -Goethe (Zur Morphologie)

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Eliot Higgins @EliotHiggins

a year ago

Given another horrifying video is doing the rounds on social media its a good time to share this about looking after you're mental health while looking at that sort of imagery. The best advice is don't do it unless it's your job and there's a purpose to it bellingcat.com/resources/2022…

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Anorak @TheAnorak

a year ago

M.C. Escher : Flourescent Sea -Lithograph, 1933

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Oxford Philosophy @OUPPhilosophy

a year ago

Don’t miss the @apaphilosophy session on ‘The Solace: Finding Value in Death Through Gratitude for Life’ with OUP author Joshua Glasgow this Friday from 9:00AM PDT. Read 'Incomparable' free to read for a limited time in celebration of #APAPacific23: bit.ly/3ZMd5yW

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John Constable @JohnConstableRA

a year ago

L'Horizon (La plaine) by Jean-François Millet 1868 Pastel and Crayon noir over Pencil on Paper laid down on Board (Private Collection)

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Frances Gaffney 🌻 @frankences

a year ago

Thanks to the good people of @Amtrak that got me to my connection in a nick of time! Red Caps are true pros!

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Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom

a year ago

"The antidote to the politics of retribution is the politics of forbearance," @Peter_Wehner writes. "Forbearance doesn’t mean avoiding or artificially minimizing disagreements; it means dealing with them with integrity and a measure of grace." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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SophiaCycles (Béa Gonzalez) @SophiaCycles

a year ago

Everywhere now the human mind has begun laughably not to understand that a man’s true security lies not in his own solitary effort, but in the general wholeness of humanity.~Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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Frances Gaffney 🌻 @frankences

a year ago

There is a thread that runs through Charles Schifano's writing. He suggests that we can do better. I find it inspiring. open.substack.com/pub/charlessch…