📷 Ethics & Art 🖌️

Art is not what you see,

but what you make others see.

Edgar Degas

Today's Guernica

You use a glass mirror to see your face;

you use works of art to see your soul.

George Bernard Shaw

The purpose of art is to stop time.

Bob Dylan

Aesthetics is the mother of ethics.

Joseph Brodsky

Indefensible

Ethics is the aesthetics of the soul.

Pierre Reverdy

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Albert Schweitzer

Nick Brandt

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart,

cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Mahatma Gandhi

From beasts we scorn as soulless,

in forest, field and den,

the cry goes up to witness,

the soullessness of men.

M. Frida Hartley

It is our hearts, not just our heads, that call

for an end to it all, that demand of us that we

overcome, for them, the habits and forces behind

their systematic oppression. That requires

both our passion and our discipline.

The fate of animals is in our hands.

God grant we are equal to the task.

Tom Regan

Reason is the slave of the passions.

David Hume

To have compassion means to have passion

for all things... for all human beings,

for the animals... everything the Earth contains.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

We Are All 269

We must realize that all life is valuable

and that we are united to all life.

Albert Schweitzer

An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

Charles Bukowski

I am an artist at living -

my work of art is my life.

D.T. Suzuki

I think having land and not ruining it

is the most beautiful art that

anybody could ever want.

Andy Warhol

The opposite of love is not hate,

it's indifference.

The opposite of art is not ugliness,

it's indifference.

The opposite of faith is not heresy,

it's indifference.

The opposite of life is not death,

it's indifference.

Elie Wiesel

Jo Frederiks

I've Seen You in the Meat Aisle

~ by Emma Murphy

I've seen you in the meat aisle,

Seen you choosing who to eat,

Eyeing up their body parts

In rows all nice and neat.

I've seen you grabbing bottled milk

That wasn't made for you

And I know you never think about

The suffering they knew.

I've watched your fill your trolley up

With misery and pain,

Eggs and cheese, a leg, a wing,

My heart just broke again.

You say I should respect your choice,

That it's your right to choose,

Well, legally perhaps you win,

But morally, you lose.

I don't know how you do it

But you close your ears and eyes

To the slaughterhouse, the blood and screams,

Their fear, despair and cries.

It doesn't even cross your mind,

You bite and drink and chew,

And you keep yourself from knowing

That they died because of you.

So no, I don't respect your choice,

There's no respect from me.

You are putting in your stomach

Someone you refuse to see.

The animals, they have no voice,

Convenient for you,

But have a heart and look at those

Who lost their lives for you.

Someone, not something.

Consciousness & A.I. 🤖

Emotion is the chief source of consciousness.

There is no change from darkness to light or

from inertia to movement without emotion.

Carl Jung

Man is an animal with primary instincts

of survival. Consequently his ingenuity

has developed first and his soul afterwards.

The progress of science is far ahead

of man's ethical behavior.

Charlie Chaplin

Gods always behave like the people

who created them.

Zora Neale Hurston

The femme fatale expresses woman's ancient

and eternal control of the sexual realm.

The specter of the femme fatale stalks

all of men's relationships with women.

Camille Paglia

Computers will overtake humans with AI

within the next 100 years. When that happens,

we need to make sure the computers

have goals aligned with ours.

Stephen Hawking

True empathy is not self-focused but

other-oriented. Instead of making humanity

the measure of all things, we need to evaluate

other species by what they are.

Frans de Waal

Compassion is the signature

of higher consciousness.

Amit Ray

If a group of beings were to land on Earth -

beings who considered themselves as superior

to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals

- would you concede them the rights over you

that you assume over other animals?

George Bernard Shaw

When dealing with people, remember you are

not dealing with creatures of logic,

but creatures of emotion.

Dale Carnegie

The Creature includes animals within its moral

codes, but is thwarted and deeply frustrated

when seeking to be included within the moral

codes of humanity. It learns that regardless

of its own inclusive moral standards, the human

circle is drawn in such a way that both it

and the other animals are excluded from it.

Carol J. Adams

The basis of all animal rights should be

the Golden Rule: we should treat them

as we would wish them to treat us, were

any other species in our dominant position.

Christine Stevens

The question is not, "Can they reason?"

nor "Can they talk?" but, "Can they suffer?"

Jeremy Bentham

The destiny of civilized humanity depends more

than ever on the moral forces it is capable

of generating.

Albert Einstein

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental

test... consists of its attitude towards those

who are at its mercy: animals.

Milan Kundera

Man worships an invisible God and destroys

a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature

he's destroying is this God he's worshiping.

Hubert Reeves

Black History

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,

I feel a strong impulse to see it tried

on him personally.

Abraham Lincoln

The white man's happiness cannot be

purchased by the black man's misery.

Fredrick Douglass

You can always count on Americans to do

the right thing - after they've tried

everything else.

Winston Churchill

All truth passes through three stages.

First, it is ridiculed.

Second, it is violently opposed.

Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Those who tell the stories rule society.

Plato

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone.

I think that's what I get from these older black

women, that every soul is to be cherised,

that every flower is to bloom.

Alice Walker

The greatest crime against the black man

was not slavery or lynching, but that he was

taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt.

Malcolm X

Someone Not Something

The animals of the world exist for their own

reasons. They were not made for humans

any more than black people were made

for white, or women created for men.

Alice Walker

Animals are my friends...

and I don't eat my friends.

George Bernard Shaw

The problem is that humans have victimized

animals to such a degree that they are

not even considered victims.

They are not considered at all.

Gary Yourofsky

Animals are not ours to eat, wear,

experiment on, use for entertainment

or for any exploitative purpose.

Sharon Gannon

Once we accept this view of animals - as our

resources - the rest is as predictable

as it is regrettable.

Tom Reagan

The soul is the same in all living creatures,

although the body of each is different.

Hippocrates

I don’t want to eat anything that had a mother.

Fred Rogers

I don't see why someone should lose their life

just so you can have a snack.

Russell Brand

The soul given to each of us is moved by

the same living spirit that moves the Universe.

Albert Einstein

In every living being there is the desire for love.

D.H. Lawrence

There is no fundamental difference between man

and animals in their ability to feel pleasure

and pain, happiness and misery.

Charles Darwin

Jo Frederiks

We've objectified certain animals so much

that we refer to them as 'livestock'.

'Stock' that just so happens to be alive.

An inconvenience that they were

even alive to begin with.

Ed Winters

The pain that we cause is the cause of our pain.

Leif Erikson

Jo Frederiks

Every bit of meat, chicken or fish you eat,

every bit of leather or fur you wear,

has come from an animal that has

been tortured, pulled away from their

family and brutally killed.

Lewis Hamilton

Only those who are capable of loving strongly

can also suffer great sorrow, but this same

necessity of loving serves to counteract

their grief and heals them.

Leo Tolstoy

Jo Frederiks

One should not kill a living being,

nor cause anyone to be killed,

nor should one incite another to kill.

Do not injure any being,

either strong or weak, in the world.

Buddha

The world is not a factory and

animals are not products for our use.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Happy Lunar New Year 🐎

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.

As well the minds which are prevented

from changing their opinions;

they cease to be mind.

Friedrich Nietzsche

What Wrong with Riding Animals? 🐎

The animals of the world exist for their own

reasons. They were not made for humans

any more than black people were made

for white, or women created for men.

Alice Walker

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making

him carry me, and yet assure myself and others

that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease

his lot by all possible means - except

by getting off his back.

Leo Tolstoy

He who is not a good servant

will not be a good master.

Plato

If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain,

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.

Emily Dickinson

The Princess Formula 👸

Humans think in stories, and we try to

make sense of the world by telling stories.

Yuval Noah Harari

We change the world not by what we say or do,

but as a consequence of what we have become.

David Hawkins

Change is the only constant in life.

Heraclitus

It can ruin you life only if it ruins your character.

Marcus Aurelius

The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.

Rumi

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

The man who never reads lives only one.

George R.R. Martin

Love is not about being chased or being the one

chasing. It's about chasing after dreams and if

in that pursuit someone runs parallel to you,

that is love.

Carlos Salinas

Be Love 💞

Chase love and it will elude you.

Be love and it will surround you.

Attachment is the very opposite of love.

Love says, 'I want you to be happy.'

Attachment says, 'I want you

to make me happy.'

Tenzin Palmo

The root of suffering is attachment.

Buddha

You can't help what you feel,

but you can help how you behave.

Margaret Atwood

1. Develop yourself.

2. Be still.

3. Femininity.

Boredom - the desire for desires.

Leo Tolstoy

We don't stop playing because we grow old;

we grow old because we stop playing.

George Bernard Shaw

Everything you say should be true,

but not everything true should be said.

Voltaire

1. Focus on the energy and not the action.

2. Speak with love, kindness and positive energy.

3. Flirt with him.

4. Put effort in looking good.

5. Allow him to pour into you.

6. Show appreciation.

7. Laugh with him.

When you hurt people, they begin to love

you less. That's what careless words do.

They make people love you a little less.

Arundhati Roy

- Confidence.

- Positive & feminine energy.

- Desire.

- Respect.

- Communication skills.

- Being open & receptive.

- Being encouraging - smile!

- Persuade, don't dictate.

- Take care of yourself.

- Being attentive & considerate.

- Being light-hearted and having a sense of humour.

- Being willing to listen & learn.

- Being selective.

- Followership.

If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those

you love, you will end by hating those

to whom you have sacrificed yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

1. Be his peace.

2. Speak love.

3. Find his needs.

4. Take care of yourself.

5. Listen.

6. Create your own world.

7. Balance the relationship.

8. Give consequences & rewards.

9. Be willing to walk away.

When we love, we always strive to become

better than we are. When we strive to

become better than we are, everything

around us becomes better too.

Paulo Coelho

1. Listen to understand, not to give a rebuttal.

2. Disagree but don't dismiss.

3. Be open and honest.

4. Don't make the conversation all about yourself.

5. Be willing to compromise.

6. Pay attention to both words and body language.

7. A loving and positive approach when expressing yourself.

1. To dictate the energy and not to react to it.

2. Speak to uplift and not to destroy.

3. Learn his desires and fulfil them.

4. Flow with - not against - him.

5. Let no man disrespect him through you.

It takes years to build up,

it takes moments to destroy.

Haruki Murakami

1. Greet with love.

2. Understand how and when to communicate.

3. Be attentive and aware.

4. Exude positive energy.

5. Show appreciation.

6. Listen and be willing to take guidance.

7. Pour into him sexually.

We all know that a good example

is better than advice.

Anne Frank

The seed you plant in love,

will grow into a mighty tree of refuge.

Afeni Shakur

People grow when they are loved well.

If you want to help others heal,

love them without an agenda.

Mike McHargue

- Physical affection.

- Respect & Gratitude.

- Don't compare him to other men. Avoid criticism. Don't embarrass him or make fun of him, especially not his masculine traits.

- Bad company corrupts good character.

- Follow through.

- Respect his privacy. Keep your conversations private.

- Emotional regulation.

- Be understanding. Pick your battles.

- Take care of yourself. Journal, read, walk, exercise.

1. Look attractive.

2. Have a mood he can rely on.

3. Give him freedom.

4. Admire him.

5. Accept him.

The Latina

The Path is the Goal

The true worth of a man is to be

measured by the objects he pursues.

Marcus Aurelius

It's a dangerous conception of mental hygiene

to assume that what man needs is equilibrium.

What man actually needs is not a tensionless

state but rather a striving and struggling

for a worthwhile goal.

Viktor Frankl

We pursue external goals to hit

an internal emotional target.

Mastin Kipp

Your habits become your values,

you values become your destiny.

Mahatma Gandhi

The price of anything is the amount of life

you exchange for it.

Henry David Thoreau

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

Socrates

He who has a why to live

can bear almost any how.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Life isn't about finding yourself or finding

anything. Life is about creating

yourself and creating things.

Bob Dylan

Your legacy is every life you've ever touched.

Maya Angelou

Decide who you will be five years from now and then vizualise what success looks and feel liks for you.

- What do you look like and how are you dressed?

- Who are the people you surround yourself with?

- Where do you live? What does your home look like?

- Are you traveling to some exotic location or in an office at your dream job?

- Where do you go to have fun and who do you enjoy spending your time with?

- In what ways do you give back to your community?

- What do people know you for and how will you be remembered?

Once you have established this vision clearly in your mind's eye, begin writing out an in-depth description of this version of you that you just saw. Write your account in the first person and as though you have already achieved the healthy body and vibrant lifestyle you just envisioned.

Imagination is the beginning of creation.

You imagine what you desire,

you will what you imagine

and at last you create what you will.

George Bernard Shaw

Close your eyes and feel yourself

already having what you want.

This takes you from a state

of wanting to a state of being.

Mastin Kipp

If you will keep being your best,

you will come into a life that is

beyond your expectations.

Aristotle

SPECIFIC:

- What, specifically, are you ready to work on achieving?

MEASURABLE:

- What measuring stick will you use to make sure you are staying on track?

ACTIONABLE:

- What steps of action will you be taking on the path to achieving your goals?

RELEVANT:

- What will achieving this goal contribue to the overall vision you created for yourself in step 1?

TIME BOUND:

- Create a window of time to achieve your goal and commit to it.

- Reaffirm to yourself every morning how much time you have left to complete it,

then again before going to sleep.

Dreams are free, but goals have a cost,

which are time, effort, sacrifice and sweat.

Usain Bolt

Victory is reserved for those

who are willing to pay its price.

Sun Tzu

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is

necessary. If fulfils the same function

as pain in the human body. It calls

attention to an unhealthy state of things.

Winston Churchill

Your M.O. should be one or two sentences and reflect what it is you are going after and how you are going to achieve it, concisely and with precision.

Recite it daily, anchoring yourself to the pursuit of achieving your goal.

Most people just want to be in the result and not

in the process, and it's in the process where you

realize who deserves to be in the result.

Work to become, not to acquire.

Elbert Hubbard

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

Leonardo da Vinci

It is not what we think or feel that makes us

who we are. It is what we do. Or fail to do.

Jane Austen

1. Write down your dream life.

2. List what changes you need to implement to create this life.

3. Break down each change into bite-sized action steps.

4. Implement the action steps into your daily habits.

- Remind yourself of why you're doing what you're doing every day.

- Visualize how the outcome of your goals is going to make you feel. Look at pictures. Say affirmations. Journal.

- Train your self-discipline. Exercise every day. Stick to a whole-food, plant-based diet.

Great things are done by a series

of small things brought together.

Vincent van Gogh

The good life is a process, not a state of being.

It's a direction, not a destination.

Carl R. Rogers

The path is the goal.

Mahatma Gandhi