14-20 July 2024 QOTW

more quotes to inspire and help you cope

Image description: a younger Amanda Earl leaning against a tree in a red leather jacket and jeans, her hair dyed black. Photo by Charles Earl

This is a good time for tree leaning. Find a good tree friend and ask permission to lean against it. Don’t you love the stalwart nature of trees? Do you have a favourite tree? These days I cling to anything steady, but I also love the changeable nature of trees, their celebration of autumn in red, yellow and gold, their greeny green goodness in the spring, tender shoots and in the summer, rich canopy.

I hope you enjoy this week’s quotes.

Sunday

Think of the most vulnerable person you know and vote for their best interests.

Seen on FB on multiple friends’ pages.

Monday

Cry for love. Cuz imitation’s boring.

Iggy Pop / Steve Jones

TUESDAY

apparently I forgot to find a quote for Tuesday. make it a day of improvisation…

Wednesday

Image description: text in body of Substack; Image, a wooden? sign with a rope through a hole, hanging down on a wall, with the text on it.

My ducks are absolutely not in a row, and I’m pretty sure one of them is a pigeon.

seen on FB.

Thursday

You don’t need much, just a place to think, a place to numb, a place to mutate from dirt to fresh.

CAMILLE DAWNIER @dawnierchronicles on Substack in How to live in a tiny flat.

Clutter, solitude, and a little theatre of spectacular life.

Friday

[Art is] about forging a connection between what you make and who you are. It’s about finding ways to time travel through your creative life, whether that’s remembering your past or building a future. It’s about seeing what matters and what makes your heart beat faster. It reminds you of all the rooms you contain within yourself and that you are free to explore them or find ways to make more of them. It’s about losing yourself in a banging tune and finding yourself in another. It reminds us that the world can be experienced in a multiplicity of ways, all of which are valid and more creative than we sometimes allow ourselves to think. It’s beautiful.

Katy Wheatley doing a guest post entitled “the power of a playlist” on   @katherinemay’s Substack, the Clearing.

ps: I adore playlists! here’s 58 Reasons to Celebrate, which i made when i turned 58, two years ago. Rabbit Hole Alert

Image description: TEXT: Caution: rabbit holes ahead. IMAGE: Rabbit with ears up in a green field. To the left of the rabbit, a red circle with a yellow triangle inside, and inside that a black exclamation point.

I need to do a post on making playlists as a way to inspire creative work. Here’s a playlist I made when I was writing, Tea Kink Flowers.

Saturday

It is not down in any map; true places never are.

Herman Melville (I’ve (apologetically?) taken this from a Bywords.ca submission signature.)

If you have inspiring and intriguing quotes to share, please reach out. I’d love to include them here.

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