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Thursday’s quote

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Iulia Halatz — 27 Comments

“Light is the left hand of darkness and darkness the right hand of light. Two are one, life and death, lying together like lovers in Kemmer, like hands joined together, like the end and the way.” ― Ursula K. Le…

Tagged with: art, Édouard Manet, painting, poem, Quote, Ursula K. Le Guin
Posted in Quote, Visible stories, Words in English

Engleza de joi/ Longing

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Iulia Halatz — 7 Comments

Longing = a yearning desire. “It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.” – George…

Tagged with: Aleksandr Golovin, art, George Eliot, painting, Quote, Thursday's Quote, Thursday's word
Posted in Blog de companie, Engleza de joi, Quote, Words in English

What is your word?

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Iulia Halatz — 52 Comments

If you were to be enclosed in one word, what would that be? We are already enclosed in small words, small events, and small thoughts, making up a bigger picture. But what if you respond to only one word? My…

Tagged with: art, Gustave Adolphe Mossa, Iulia Halatz, painting, poetry, Quote, Wordsmith
Posted in Blog de companie, Iron Tales, Quote, Visible stories, Wordsmith

Engleza de joi/ Grasp

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Iulia Halatz — 32 Comments

Grasp = a firm hold or grip. “The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.” ― Simone de Beauvoir My “situation” has a penchant for grasping…

Engleza de joi/ Dread

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Iulia Halatz — 15 Comments

Dread = great fear or apprehension. …I find nothing fantastic in so-called fantastic art, it is an aspect of reality in search of sanity beyond the normal bounds. I believe that fantastic art is related to the protective dream, that it…

Engleza de joi/ Mistake

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Iulia Halatz — 55 Comments

Mistake = an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong. “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself,…

Engleza de joi/ Hurdle

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Iulia Halatz — 23 Comments

Hurdle = one of a series of upright frames over which athletes in a race must jump; a problem or difficulty that must be overcome. “Love is a tenacious adventure… Real love is one that triumphs lastingly, sometimes painfully, over the hurdles…

Divergent

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Iulia Halatz — 22 Comments

“We’ve built a world where the only option is hubris. Where the future belongs to anyone willing to act like the gods of our myths.” – Seth Godin When we strip away self-doubt and artifice we embrace the purity and…

Tagged with: A Global Divergent Literary Collective, divergent, Iulia Halatz, poem, Quote
Posted in Invisible stories, Iron Tales, Quote, Visible stories, Wordsmith

Engleza de joi/ Steward

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Iulia Halatz — 9 Comments

Steward = someone who looks after something and protects it. “Tell the whole truth. Don’t be lazy, don’t be afraid. Close the critic out when you are drafting something new. Take chances in the interest of clarity of emotion. Be…

Engleza de joi/ Trek

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Iulia Halatz — 16 Comments

Trek = a trip or movement especially when involving difficulties or complex organization. “A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his…