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John Ruskin
“It is not true that all natural forms are beautiful. We may hardly be able to detect this in Nature herself; but when the forms are separated from the things, and exhibited alone (by sculpture or car… more →
Inspired Characters
Is That OK? (For Teachers)
wrote 7 hours ago: Here at pleasureinlearning, several bloggers have recently posted thoughts about the importance of r … more →
The Swan Hotel and Spa, Newby Bridge, Cumbria
wrote 17 hours ago: Sometimes I think peace and quiet are underrated qualities of a good vacation—there is so much press … more →
The ITALY of John Ruskin
wrote 1 day ago: You could walk around Venice, Italy this summer with one of these pocket size original works by John … more →
Keep That Lens Focused
wrote 2 days ago: Following from my May 16th blog, Maximize Your Five Senses, I will be writing (all week) about each … more →
Choo Choo Train 21
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wrote 6 days ago: “The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they becom … more →
(Book Review) Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin, and John Everett Millais
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wrote 6 days ago: A slightly different take on John Everett Millais’s painting of Ophelia (Source: ihatenietzsch … more →
WIPW 6/12/13, Eek!
wrote 1 week ago: ON THE NEEDLES Granny’s Grab Bag is still growing, slowly for sure, but growing all the same a … more →
The May Queens of Whitelands College
wrote 1 week ago: Dave Walker, our Local Studies Librarian writes our weekly local studies blog, The Library Time Mach … more →
Sunsets
wrote 1 week ago: Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to se … more →
tyranny of perfection
wrote 1 week ago: Although I find him witty and occasionally entertaining, I don’t often agree with Times column … more →
Preservation Is...
wrote 2 weeks ago: Count its stones as you would jewels of a crown; set watches about it as if at the gates of a besieg … more →
Great Deeds: John Ruskin
wrote 2 weeks ago: If a great thing can be done at all, it can be done easily. But it is that kind of ease with which a … more →
Possessions Can Possess Us
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wrote 2 weeks ago: “Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.” –John Ruskin (Source: A. … more →
The Strange Life of John Ruskin
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wrote 2 weeks ago: John Ruskin – art critic, philanthropist and prominent social thinker – was also, by all … more →
Preen Me
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wrote 2 weeks ago: - Barsha Rajeshwori Thapa John Ruskin in “The Stones of Venice” wrote, “Remember t … more →
Online Watercolour course
wrote 2 weeks ago: Blea Tarn What started as a tiny idea in the middle of the night, as become a project that I am real … more →
Eighth Thursday in Ordinary Time
wrote 2 weeks ago: From the Word of the Day “Jesus stopped and said, ‘Call him’. So they called the blind man, saying … more →
Pattern Research - William Morris
wrote 3 weeks ago: http://thetextileblog.blogspot.co.nz/2009/12/william-morris-and-thames-tributaries.html http://wmmor … more →
Weekend Wisdom: John Ruskin
wrote 3 weeks ago: “Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.” -John Ruski … more →
