The Background [07] the Sky, the Sea and the Sun

"You cannot, in human experience,
rush into the light.

You have to go through the twilight
into the broadening day

before the noon comes

and the full sun is upon the landscape."

Woodrow Wilson

The Background [06] the Sky, the Sea and the Moon

"One's mind has a way of making itself up

in the background,

and it suddenly becomes clear

what one means to do."

A. C. Benson

"In the dim background of mind

we know what we ought to be doing

but somehow we cannot start."

William James

The Background 4 5

"The lighting is so important.

One thing that makes me nuts about the lighting now is that

they spend an enormous amount of time lighting the set,

the background.

But the most important thing in the scene is

the actor."

Donna Mills

"We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places

with background music.

 No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces,

which represent 30% of our musical experience."

Brian Eno

The Background 1 2 3

"Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring

of some secret imaginative background,

which never emerges explicitly

into its train of reasoning."

Alfred North Whitehead

"I just hope that our fans are people

who are inspired by music,

and just use our music

as a background or inspiration

for whatever it is they do."

Maynard James Keenan

"Man's unique reward, however, is that
while animals survive by
adjusting themselves to their background,
man survives by
adjusting his background to himself."
Ayn Rand

New Year Bloom !

 Happy Lunar New Year !

Cassandra Black

" Every man has his secret sorrows

which the world knows not;

and often times we call a man cold

when he is only sad. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Cutie March

“ War I abhor,

 and yet how sweet The sound

 along the marching street

 Of drum and fife,

 and I forget Wet eyes of widows,

 and forget Broken old mothers,

 and the whole Dark butchery without a soul. ”

Seneca the Younger

" Life is a series of experiences,

 each of which makes us bigger,

 even though it is hard to realize this.

 For the world was built to develop character,

 and we must learn that the setbacks

 and grieves which we endure

 help us in our marching onward. ”

Henry Ford

Marmalade Heart

 "We have all been placed on this earth

 to discover our own path,

 and we will never be happy

 if we live someone else's idea of life."

James Van Praagh

The M113s

 " Coming together is a beginning;

 keeping together is progress;

 working together is success. "

Henry Ford

The F-117 Nighthawk

" People do not lack strength;

 they lack will. "

Victor Hugo

The Battle Droids

"Each Warrior wants to leave the mark
of his will, his signature,

on important acts he touches.

This is not the voice of ego

but of the human spirit, rising up
and declaring that it has something

to contribute to the solution
of the hardest problems,

no matter how vexing!"

Pat Riley

The Ship 船儿

" Don’t go around the world

 saying it owes you a living.

 The world owes you nothing.

 It was here first. "

Mark Twain

The Birds 鸟儿

" There are joys which long to be ours.

 God sends ten thousands truths,

 which come about us like birds seeking inlet;

 but we are shut up to them,

 and so they bring us nothing,

 but sit and sing awhile upon the roof,

and then fly away. "

Henry Ward Beecher

It's time to do sports! 运动时间到了！

" The first thing is to love your sport. 

 Never do it to please someone else.

 It has to be yours. "

Peggy Fleming

The Clouds 云儿

"  Never look to the ground 

 for your next step.

    Greatness belongs to those   

 who look to the horizon. "

Bud Greenspan

Step By Step 一步一步来

" The higher the goal, the harder the climb, 

 but taken each day, one step at a time.

 The goal is accomplished, the dream is attained, 

  and the prizes?  

 The wisdom and strength that are gained. "