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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Beautiful scene with a path of shells to follow in a bath of spring colors. Thank your for this spring display and your rock solid analysis during the week.

A few thoughts from other masters:

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that

they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they

say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

___Robert Kennedy

Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.

___Kurt Vonnegut

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.

___Frieda Kahlo

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Carey's avatar

Fern! You always add just the right touch -- for me -- to what’s been shared. I love this trilogy of quotes and would love to reconnect. Thank you for your voice of reason.

❤️🦋❤️ Carey

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Carey, your words of warmth brought me a happy face. Please accept this Monday's embrace.

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Irenie's avatar

Fern, you write of Art for Social Change! An ancient and yet modern Art. Creativity. Speaks to our hearts and souls. And minds.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Dear Irenie, you cheer our spirit of Democracy and warm our souls. Thank you.

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Irenie's avatar

Fern, thank you. We’re in this together.

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Ally House (Oregon)'s avatar

Beautifully said and posted, Fern. Thank you.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Love to you, Ally. I can hear your horn!

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Cheryl P.'s avatar

Those of us who are paying attention, and that includes all of us who follow and depend on Heather, are very concerned. Seeing the insidious, multi-decade Republican plot to stack the deck against fair elections leaves us slack-jawed. How could we have been so oblivious?

We are fighting back to reclaim our democracy. This is our Normandy beach. Every generation is called to defend and this is our fight. We will not fail.

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Sabrina's avatar

Well said, Cheryl. We have an obligation to protect our rights, our state, for the future of our children and ourselves.

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Sabrina's avatar

I agree with you, this view is great. And you gave equally valuable quotes. How many times have I seen people who give themselves to creativity and don't seek to make money come out of it with great results. And not necessarily in terms of money, they overcame difficulties along the way and developed their spirituality.

How true it is: we endure what previously seemed unthinkable to us.

You made my day, thank you!

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