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Artist Bonnie Mohr's Words of Wisdom on Living Life

May 17th 2011 02:10

An Inspiring Artistic "Discovery"

While away on a church women's retreat last weekend, I visited a quaint little tea shop, where a framed print of a serene yet sturdy oak tree hung on one wall. I was attracted to the text displayed at the bottom of the print and began to read. After only a brief sentence or two, I was hooked. I knew that this artist's musings would resonate with me and decided to stand there as long as it took to read the entire verse.

I liked the writer's sentiments so much, in fact, that I determined right then and there to commit her name to memory so that when I got home I would be able to locate the verse on the Internet and pass it on to others (like you), who I hope will benefit as much as I have from reading it.

I've since discovered that this print and verse combination is available in numerous online venues and also adorns a set of note cards and no doubt various other items, as well.

The Story Behind Both Verse and Painting

Here's what the artist, Bonnie Mohr, has to say about this work on her website, Bonnie Mohr Studio:

When we completed building the studio showroom for Bonnie Mohr Studio on our farm, I decided to stencil the high sidewalls with something decorative. I wrote and stenciled a verse of the things I believe in and hope to teach my children before they leave home. Visiting customers liked it as well, and after many requests for a copy of the verse....I painted an image to go with it, and "Living Life" was born.

Link to the Verse

I hope this verse will inspire you to embrace your dreams and live life to the fullest, using your God-given creative talent to bring beauty into the world.

Here's a link to the Living Life Notecards page on the Bonnie Mohr Studios website. On this web page, you will be able to read the verse in its entirety and also see the oak tree picture Ms. Mohr painted to accompany her verse when the verse first became popular. Enjoy!

Here's to sharing the inspiration!

Jeanne

Please Note: This is not a sponsored post. My purpose in linking to the Bonnie Mohr Studio web page above is not to sell her note cards but simply to give you the opportunity to read her inspiring verse.

Which lines or phrases of "Living Life" speak to you most strongly? How has this verse influenced or resonated with your own thoughts, beliefs, values, or creativity? How has it helped build your resolve to get the most from each day, from your art, your career, and your life?

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More Fitting Quotes By Writers on Writing

May 11th 2007 03:24

Here are a few more quotes by writers on writing. Some are thought-provoking, some brutally honest, some inspiring, and some simply clever--but whatever your thinking about the art or the craft, you should find something here that will catch your fancy!

Here goes:

There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of mind and he is born with it. ~Morley Callaghan~

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book. ~Mickey Spillane~

Autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing. ~Quentin Crisp~

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote. ~Yevgeny Yevtushenko~

Books are...funny little portable pieces of thought. ~Susan Sontag~

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more books than he has read. ~Samuel Johnson~

Journalism is literature in a hurry. ~Matthew Arnold~

Literature is the question minus the answer. ~Roland Barthes~

Literature is recognizable through its capacity to evoke more than it says. ~Anthony Burgess~

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. ~G.K. Chesterton~

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession. ~Robert Graves~

The poet marries the language, and out of this marriage the poem is born. ~W.H. Auden~

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. ~Robert Frost~

It's easier to write a mediocre poem than to understand a good one. ~Montaigne~

In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind. ~Marianne Moore~

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings...in a man who has thought long and deeply. ~William Wordsworth~

You write by sitting down and writing. There's no particular time or place--you suit yourself, your nature. How one works, assuming he's disciplined, doesn't matter. ~Bernard Malamud~

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark. ~Henry David Thoreau~

When I stop (working), the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm working. ~Tennessee Williams~

Words are loaded pistols. ~Jean-Paul Sartre~

Words are like leaves, and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. ~Alexander Pope~

All the fun's in how you say a thing. ~Robert Frost~

The greatest possible mint of style is to make the words absolutely disappear into the thought. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne~

I do not understand this chronic illness. I wish I had gone to law school. ~Darryl Pinckney~

The best time for planning a book is when you're doing the dishes. ~Agatha Christie~

I talk out the lines as I write. ~Tennessee Williams~

If I could, I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results. ~Emily Bronte~

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers. ~Irvin S. Cobb~

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. ~E. L. Doctorow~

Hope a few of these provocative thoughts have set your own creative juices flowing!

Happy writing!
Jeanne

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