My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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Pablo Picasso Paints Fakes? — A Koan about Creativity.

Over the weekend, I was reading Arthur Koestler’s book, The Act of Creation, and I was struck by the koan-like quality of the following story, which Koestler says is true: An art dealer (this story is authentic) bought a canvas signed “Picasso” and travelled all the way to Cannes to discover whether it was genuine. Picasso was working in his …


“To Study and Learn How To Know Ourselves…Is the Foundation of Wisdom and the Highway To Whatever Is Good.”

“The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good.” –Pierre Charron * As a person who reads every possible minute that I can, I’m always looking for good …


“People Do Best What Comes Naturally.”

“A man marries a woman, not a first lady. If he becomes president, she must fit her own personality into her own concept of a first lady’s role. People do best what comes naturally.” –John F. Kennedy * A terrific blog, Love That Max, “a blog about kids with special needs and the parents who adore them,” is up for …