Jalal Sepehr - Water and Persian Rugs, 2004

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— Rumi

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

Henri Matisse, Interior with Black Fern, Interior with Egyptian Curtain, Large Red Interior, and Plum Blossoms - 1948

The Book of Thoth, Aleister Crowley

Hermann Hesse, Demian, (1919)

-Ibn Arabi

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Oil on canvas,155 x 230 cm.

Thierry Feuz, Instant Karma Pallafitte, 2017

“I never thought I’d come back to New York.  I have a lot of bad memories here.  It can be an ugly place.  My ex-husband lives here.  On September 11th I was on the street below the second tower.  So there are things I’d just prefer not to remember.  But recently my mother got sick and I came home to take care of her. I was in a bit of a rut at the time.  I’d fallen away from my passions.  I was just working to pay the rent.  And one evening I was walking by the river and I passed a place called Hudson River Community Sailing.  They offered free sailing lessons.  I don’t know why I stopped.  I was intellectually convinced that sailing was not for me.  I was getting older.  I was out of shape.  But I decided to give it a try.  And I got hooked on it.  I got kinda obsessed with learning to sail.  I remember the first time I was out there alone.  It felt amazing.  I was in the middle of the Hudson, the wind was blowing, I could see the whole city, and my hand was on the tiller.  It seemed like I was doing something impossible.  I’m not white.  I’m not male.  I don’t own a boat.  I don’t even have money.  But I’m in New York City and I’m fucking sailing.”

Handsome design from a series of nature prints by the 20th century artist Tani Akira. Utilizing beautiful calligraphic line work, he creates striking silhouettes of plants and trees, or colorful allover designs of blossoms and grasses. Not much is know about the artist.