"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you." - Jesus of Nazareth
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." - John Lennon
"It's easy to attack; it's harder to understand." - cd
"The thing that often makes the difference between a good artist and a great artist is courage." -cd
"All men are brothers." - Gandhi
"At one time religion was a bridge to the self; today it's a barrier to the self." - cd
"The quality of your courage comes from the purity of your heart, not from the size of your wound." - cd
"Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself." - Tao Te Ching
"If it was easy everybody would do it." - cd
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - The Bible
"There's only one way to grow up, and that's by growing up." - cd
"I have made it a rule not to go to court in respect of any personal grievance." - Gandhi
"If I were God, I'd forgive everyone..." - Dostoyevsky
"Why do artists try to become successful? That's like a priest trying to become an atheist." - cd
"Inside each man or woman there is a sick person and a well person; and one needs to know which one is talking at any moment." - Robert Bly
"For an artist it may be true that money is the root of all evil." - cd
"If you don't have anything worth dying for, then you don't have anything worth living for." - M. L. King, Jr.
"Capitol punishment is modern society's version of human sacrifice." - cd
"My advice to artists? Close your eyes, lift up your hands, and run screaming like hell in the direction of what you're most afraid of."
Thanks to everyone who attended the world premier of my documentary about Walter Norris at the Clinton Presidential Center. The response has been great and I really appreciate all of you who have written reviews and made comments.The plan is to make a few changes and have it on dvd by the end of summer. You can watch the movie's site for info: http://walternorrismovie.tumblr.com
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In other news...
I am now a bear...
...and I live in the woods. (Photo: Thomas Petillo)
Art: The Gallery@404B
Andrew Thompson (Hammock) sold out 3 shows in NYC. (Photo: Thomas Petillo)
Inducting Tess Harper
I induct Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men) into the Entertainers Hall of Fame. (photo: Joe Correia)