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Distortion (love is naught, if not self-distorting)

2017-05-30 · 3,403 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Distortion (love is naught, if not self-distorting) — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "I mix them with my brains, sir." – John Opie, when asked with what he mixed his colors. "What I cannot do now is the si
Distortion (love is naught, if not self-distorting) — pen and ink drawing

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"I mix them with my brains, sir." – John Opie, when asked with what he mixed his colors.

"What I cannot do now is the sign of what I shall do hereafter." – Sri Aurobindo

"Find out the cause of this effect, Or rather say, the cause of this defect, For this effect defective comes by cause." – William Shakespeare, 'Hamlet' (1600-02), Act II, scene 2, line 101.

"I listened to the teachings of Confucius, imbibed the wisdom of Brahma, and sat beside Buddha beneath the tree of insight. And now I am here, wrestling with ignorance and unbelief. I was on Sinai when Yahweh shed His effulgence on Moses; at the River Jordan I witnessed the miracles of the Nazarene; and in Medina I heard the words of the…

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