“What is seen and called the picture is what remains - an evidence. Even as one travels in painting toward a state of 'unfreedom' where only certain things can happen, unaccountably the unknown and free must appear.” StatesHappensCertainPaintingEvidenceRemains Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations
“In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have lived, worked and played. I look for traces of the past, visual fingerprints, evidence of activities - they fire my imagination and connect into my own personal experiences. Using the analogy of the theater, I would say that I like to photograph the empty stage, before or after the performance, even in between acts. I love the atmosphere of anticipation, the feeling in the air that events have happened, or will happen soon.” PeopleLooksStoriesFeelingsHappensPastImaginationMemoriesMy OwnFireHappenedAirStageEventsActivityEvidenceEmptyPerformancesTheaterPhotographerPhotographAtmosphereVisualsAnticipationMy ImaginationAnalogiesPersonal ExperiencesFingerprintsEmpty Stage Author:Michael Kenna
“I am learning that mature faith, which encompasses both simple faith and fidelity, works the opposite of paranoia. It reassembles all the events of life around trust in a loving God. When good things happen, I accept them as gifts from God, worthy of thanksgiving. When bad things happen, I do not take them as necessarily sent by God -- I see evidence in the Bible to the contrary -- and I find in them no reason to divorce God. Rather, I trust that God can use even those bad things for my benefit.” ReasonUseHappensSimpleAcceptingEventsBenefitsEvidenceOppositesGood ThingsWorthyDivorceContraryThings HappenNo ReasonBad ThingsMatureFidelityLoving GodParanoiaGift From GodBad Things HappenSimple FaithWhen Bad Things Happen Book:Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide Source: Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide
“Despite our strongly felt kinship and oneness with nature, all the evidence suggests that nature doesn't care one whit about us. Tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen without the slightest consideration for human inhabitants.” HumansHappensCareFeltEvidenceDespiteOnenessConsiderationFloodHurricanesEarthquakesKinshipTornadoesEruptionVolcanic Eruptions Author:Alan Lightman
“History is replete with examples of what happens when any group of authorities do not have to answer to empirical evidence but are free to define truth as they see fit. None of the examples has a happy ending. Why should it be otherwise with therapy?” ShouldHappensAnswersGroupsExampleFitAuthorityEvidenceTherapyHappy EndingsEmpirical Evidence Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“I do not like January very much. It is too stationary. Not enough happens. I like the evidences of life, and in January there are too few of them.” EnoughHappensEvidenceJanuaryStationary Author:Vita Sackville-West