 'unexpected beauty
nothing wasted beautiful things can come from ashes rising like the phoenix' (Cynthia Jean)  'Ordinary riches can be stolen;
Real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you'. (Oscar Wilde)  'Old friends
Memory brushes the same years Silently sharing the same fears Time it was And what a time it was It was . . . A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago . . . it must be . . . I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you' (Paul Simon)  There are some aspects of our lives that require that we spend a lot of time together or a lot of writing to help convey our feelings. Other times sharing only a few words or even silence is more than adequate. It is not always the long conversation that conveys the deepest feelings.
 'On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star Like tears from a star On and on the rain will say How fragile we are How fragile we are' (Sting)  'If Only...
Questions were answered, and answers were questioned, Roses were pure and without thorns, Sadness received only love and affection, The empty knew why it was they were born. If Only... Us as a nation would join hands in song, Victory was a gift to the humble, When tears were shed, the earth felt strong, Exalted men would fall and crumble. If Only... You and I would last forever'. Petra Shane  Detail of Barbara Hepworths workbench in St Ives Cornwall - Hepworth Gallery Wakefield UK
'My left hand is the thinking hand, the right holds the hammer. The rhythms of thought pass through the fingers into the stone'. Barbara Hepworth |
