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One for the Duck...

We confess to being fools

and wish that we were more so…

What we would like to do

is change the world — make it

a little simpler for people

to feed, clothe and shelter themselves

as God intended them to do.

And to a certain extent,

by fighting for better conditions,

by crying out unceasingly

for the rights of the workers,

of the poor, of the destitute —

the rights of the “worthy”

and the “unworthy” poor

in other words, we can

to a certain extent

change the world.

We can work for the oasis,

the little cell of joy

and peace in a harried world.

We can throw our pebble

in the pond and be confident

that its ever widening circle

will reach around the world.

We can give away an onion.

We repeat, there is nothing

that we can do but love,

and dear God —

please enlarge our hearts

to love each other,

to love our neighbor,

to love our enemy

as well as our friend.

+ Dorothy Day, "Love is the Measure"

Haute & Freddy

A Poem by Google AI:

A whisper in a world of shout,
She keeps her inner magic out
Of careless reach and hurried pace,
Observing with a gentle grace.

She speaks in blushes, smiles, and sighs,
With galaxies behind her eyes.
For quiet depths run still and deep,
And promises the heart will keep.

The loudest mind is often heard,
But she's a carefully chosen word—
A silent song, a peaceful art,
The gentle rhythm of a heart.

Dali & Heisenberg

Google AI:

Salvador Dalí was deeply fascinated by Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, using it as a major inspiration for his post-WWII "Nuclear-Mystical" period. Dalí saw quantum mechanics as proof that matter was essentially dematerialized energy, which perfectly aligned with his desire to capture hidden realities and spiritual mysteries in his art. [1, 2, 3] 

Dalí translated Heisenberg's theories into his work through specific concepts:

• Quantum Realism: Dalí described his later art as "quantum realism," seeking to visually dematerialize solid objects into their constituent atoms and force fields, showing matter both as stable and in constant motion. [1, 2]
• Suspended Objects: He fragmented objects into floating spheres and particles that never touch, as seen in famous works like Galatea of the Spheres (1952) and Nature Morte Vivante (1956), which directly reflects the dynamic, floating nature of subatomic particles. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Direct Art: Dalí also explicitly created a 1977 drypoint etching titled Principio de Incertidumbre de Heisenberg (Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle) for his Les Caprices de Goya series. [1, 2]

 

Bobby & Suzy

More Retro-Loveliness from Laufey...

...a 100th Anniversary Tribute to Miles Davis' "Blue in Green"

...only with 3 Brands (or 4 if you include Miles) Cross-Branded into One!

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