(this is a self portrait digital photo that i took in may 2010.
i'm sitting on my personally custom painted chair, in front of my barely started canvases
that later turned into the mixed media masterpiece series.
inside of my san gregorio, ca historic live-in art studio/loft space.
in other words, dream land.)
(this is a mixed media piece that i did years ago called "exploding thoughts." click here for details.)
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Love is a better teacher than duty.
--thank you, Albert Einstein, for re-enforcing my sometimes seemingly radical thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and concepts on life.
(this is another mixed media piece that i made years ago called, "life, death and disease." click here for details.)
later this afternoon, after thinking hard about a dream i had over the summer, which i may or may not have written anything about in previous posts on this blog, i stumbled upon a poem/personal note that i wrote february 27th, 2010:
"a night of thought"
what am i supposed to do
to be a part of this world?
how do i stay happy
and make others happy at the same time?
how do i fulfill my dreams
and fulfill the dreams of others?
how do i live life each and every day
and bring beauty, love, peace, and inspiration to people, plants, and animals?
how do i save myself
from falling into the disgusting black hole of society?
how can i live the life that i want to live
and do what i want to do
and make what i want to make
and be who i want to be?
how do i spread good vibes
spread love
spread serenity to everyone?
i want to live a good life
i want to be remembered
i want to put the future in my hands
and mold it like clay
into something amazing
into something beautiful
i want to save my family
i want to take care of my friends
i want to shelter all of the weak, poor, and hurt
from the frightening world around them
i want to love
and be loved
i want to see and be seen
hear and be heard
i want to be bold
brave
self sustained
i want to share my thoughts
and have people care
i want to be the most incredible, brilliant, serene dorey kronick that i can be
and prove to the world that i'm worthy of this life
of this earth, of this solar system
i want to make art
i want to paint
i want to sing
i want to be
i want to stand on a tall mountain and view the scenes below
i want to see the sunset everyday
and appreciate the skies above me
i want to know who i am
i want to save myself
i want to be appreciated
how do i do all of this?
i suppose that is the meaning of life.
travel far and wide and make yourself known
help people, help animals, help the planet
why do we ask ourselves these questions?
how do we get so enraptured in all of these little details?
it seems so much farther beyond survival
but maybe it's not...
maybe all of these things combined are survival
humans have progressed so far that we possess and continue to come up with these kinds of thoughts and ideas
we needed a way to organize it and categorize it
so, i guess, we did our best to do so
the system is certainly not perfect
but i certainly don't have a better idea of how to make it work.
i'm just playing a small part
in a big thing
a really big thing
or so it seems...
maybe when we die
we realize that this was all just a very small time period
life, that is -- our lives
and bigger, more important things -- like holding the universe together -- take over us
rocks, dust, gas, atoms, molecules, "dark matter"
that's what the universe and everything within it is made of anyways right?
right?
maybe i'll just become a single molecule
a very small piece of matter that holds other bigger things together
and my part will be to function with all the other molecules
i definitely can't be the only person who has these kinds of thoughts
can i?
we're all just confused beings in this crazy universe
someone tell me who has all the answers
because i'd certainly like to meet them
and have a conversation about all of this
so many questions...
