On Art and Awareness

As Georgia O’Keeffe’s work so beautifully illustrates, together, nature and art offer many lessons, one of the most important being patience…

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Nobody sees a flower, really, it is so small.

We haven’t time—and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.

Georgia O’Keeffe

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Painters understand nature and love her

and teach us to see her.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you

and gives you a deeper understanding.

Vincent Van Gogh

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For those who have the interest to look closely,

life becomes art.

Diane Mariechild

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Normally we do not so much look at things as overlook them.

Alan Watts

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Most new discoveries are suddenly seen things

that were always there.

Susanne K. Langer

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Everything that slows us down and forces patience,

everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help.

May Sarton

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To see a World in a Grain of Sand,

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,

Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hand,

And Eternity in an Hour

William Blake

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