"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against
the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better,
but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse
than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking
primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions,
to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley
"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination.
All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.
"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"
Merry Christmas to you and yourn.
You turn my world upside down.
With love and squalor – from Merka…..
:D From ‘Stralia to ‘Merka with love to you and yourn
As our friend who has a great imagination said:
FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PRÓSPERO AÑO NUEVO to you and yourn and your readers :)
I wish you the best Ann for 2007.
And right now, I hope you enjoy Christmas.
Love
PS: Thanks for adding my “wishes toon”
Lots of love Ben and Homie, thanks for the Chrissy wishes and may your week be enjoyable.
Thanks for this lovely Christmas post featuring Ben’s terrific art. It’s great to see that your work is inspirational to so many, because it certainly has been something of a lighthouse to me and I wish you all the very best in ’07. Cheers!!
All my love to you Curt-meister and all the very best in 07. I’m so glad I found you and CSTF this year, it feels like a gift. Cheers my friend!
How nice hat.
Continue the great work, Ann.
Thanks Ben. Servant has skills up his proverbial sleeves. I’ve never photoshopped before. I tip my Christmas hat off to the both of you. :-)