happy lunar new year & . . .

february first; the year of the tiger . . .

“love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole . . .”

plato, the symposium

for the coming year there are a number of important creative questions that
an individual could address in twenty, twenty-two . . .

here’s a small sampling from frank bodin’s book, “is it love” . . .

006 | 100: are intellectual & emotional solutions equally valuable ?

013 | 100: what sense do you see in nonsense ?

016 | 100: why do change & chance almost look the same ?

024 | 100: do you take joy seriously ?

032 | 100: is creativity adding or subtracting ?

041 | 100: do complex problems require simple solutions ?

046 | 100: do you love what you do ?

047 | 100: do you do what you love ?

049 | 100: are you following plans or dreams ?

073 | 100: are you a robot ?

097 | 100: is your idea as unique as you ?

098 | 100: do they smile back at you ?

art is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow-men beyond the bounds of our personal lot . . .

kunst ist ein weg unseren kontakt mit unseren mitmenschen über die grenzen unseren persönlichen bekanntschaft hinaus auszuweiten . . .

an excerpt from, “the natural history of german life,” by george eliot, 1856.

george eliot (*1819 †1880), the george eliot archive . . .

is it love ? by frank bodin; hermann schmidt verlag:
100 essential questions from frank bodin . . .