“Four ducks on a pond, / A grass-bank beyond, / A blue sky of spring, / White clouds on the wing: / What a little thing / To remember for years - / To remember with tears!.” YearsLittlesRememberWhiteFourSkyTearsSpringBlueWingsCloudsGrassLittle ThingsDucksPondsBlue SkyWhite Clouds Author:William Allingham
“When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the seven treasures are used. Rice-cakes are painted in the same manner. When a person is painted, the four great elements and five skandhas are used.” PersonsUsedWaterFiveFourRocksStrangeMaterialsMountainElementsRedStonesBlueGreenPaintSevenTreasureCakeJewelsRiceWondrousRice Cakes Author:Dogen
“This is the face of our political class: arrogant, authoritarian, and on the level of some banana republic south of the border. Welcome to the New America, where leader-worship has taken the place of politics, Team Red and Team Blue battle it out to see who gets to be El Supremo for the next four years, and politics resembles a prolonged soccer game.” YearsAmericaFacesPoliticalNextGamesLevelsLeaderClassTakenFourTeamBattleWorshipRedBlueSouthWelcomeSoccerBordersRepublicFour YearsArrogantBananasSoccer Game Author:Justin Raimondo
“I don't leave my neighborhood. I don't go anywhere. There are four blocks I live in and there are two coffee shops, one at each end of the block... so I don't do much driving... Some people would say they never see me because I don't go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.” PeopleTwoEndsStatesFourBlueCoffeeDrivingBlockShopsNeighborhoodBubblesNashvilleCoffee Shop Author:Ben Folds
“Color tends to corrupt photography and absolute color corrupts it absolutely. Consider the way color film usually renders blue sky, green foliage, lipstick red, and the kiddies' playsuit. These are four simple words which must be whispered: color photography is vulgar.” WayFilmSimpleFourSkyColorPhotographyRedAbsolutesBlueGreenVulgarLipstickBlue SkySimple WordsFoliageColor Photography Author:Walker Evans