My garden and art

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Aglaonema ‘Ruby Sunset’ won favorite new foliage plant at the show. Gregori explains that all derivations with red come from Aglaonema rotundum from northern Sumatra, a unique red species. He likes to use it like salt in the kitchen to liven up foliage varieties and see more than green

I CAN

Can't is a word that is foe to ambition;
An enemy ambush to shatter your will.
It's prey forever to a man with a mission;
And bows only to courage, and patience, and skill.

So hate it with hatred that's deep and undying,
For once it is welcomed twill break any man.
And whatever the goal you are seeking, Keep trying!
And answer this demon by saying, "I Can!"

By Edgar A. Guest

"If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up
somewhere else."
-Yogi Berra

"What do I look like reaching my goal?"


When the subject of goals comes up, I just get plain
excited.

There is nothing like mapping out a plan, working like
crazy and despite all obstacles, getting what you were
after. Wow!! No matter what the goal is, even little
daily goals, it's exciting. They build momentum and
anticipation. Just like a road sign telling you that
you've only got 3 miles to go. Cool!

In downtown Syracuse, NY, we have two towers that dwarf
everything else in the city--The MONY Towers I and II. If
you're from out of town and you want to get downtown, you
don't even have to know the streets. You just keep
following the two towers. And no matter how slow you go,
you'll get there... eventually.

This is true of any goal you could possibly have. The
most important thing is to be able to see what you're
after. Or else, as Yogi said, you'll end up somewhere else.

If the goal doesn't exist yet, you only have to use your
imagination. If it does; if others have already done what
you want to do, watch tapes of them, talk with them. Read
their books. If someone else has done it, surely you can
too. Do whatever you must to keep the vision of you
achieving your goal in your mind, especially if you're
blazing trails.

This is vital, crucial, a must...

You must keep your goal in front of you all the time. The
bigger, the more challenging the goal, the more important
this is.

There are simply too many distractions, roadblocks,
detours and temptations that can derail you on the way for
you not to keep it in your sights all the time.

If you want to lose a bunch of weight, tape a picture of
your head onto a picture of a person who has the body you
want. Quitting smoking? Money? Pictures of your dream house, car, clothes.
Grades? Copy your last report card and put straight A's in
place of the other letters.

You're free to get as creative as you want.

See, hear and feel it as often as humanly possible.

Imagine how you'll feel, what other people will say to
you, what you'll sound like when you talk. How will you
walk? What will you think? Imagine it all.

If you can't see it, you most assuredly won't get it.

Think back to the times that you have wanted something and
didn't get it:

Did you keep it in your mind constantly?
Did you visualize getting it?
Did you picture success regularly?

Or did you let every little diversionary thought and
distraction get in your mind's way, and keep it from
picturing you achieving your goal?

If the answer is the second one, then I hope you've
stopped dead in your tracks right now.

This is an important moment. Right now is a turning
point. If you can't imagine what it will be like to reach
your goal; all the steps to get there and what it will be
like once you're there, you're done. It's already over.

Not you though. Not this time. This time is for success.
You are ready.

Be like Michelangelo, who just "released" the David from
within the block of granite.

See it, feel it, hear it.
What is YOUR David?


Text by Mike Brescia

HOW TO BE HAPPY AND HAVE FUN CHANGING THE WORLD!!!!!!

CHALLENGES

Does life sometimes seem too tough? Imagine having to hunt saber tooth
tigers for food. Yeah, I know, we don't have it as tough as our
ancestors, but sometimes it feels pretty tough just the same.

But what if we looked at every roadblock and demon as a challenge.
Remember that old English proverb: A smooth sea never made a skilled
mariner? If you have rough seas, maybe they are trying to tell teach you
something. Maybe there is a vital skill that you can learn.

I'm glad you're here.

I've been training and helping people for what seems so
long now that I forget sometimes that these letters go out
to people in all situations... From multiple PhD's to night
clerks at run down motels to people whose only computer is
at the YMCA where they shower.

Regardless of where you are, do you really want to be
there?

I mean, I used to work seven days a week constantly in
pursuit of the dollar, and after some time I just stopped,
caught my breath and said, "What do I want to do with my
life? If I could do anything I wanted, what would it be?"
Chasing money was unrewarding. I earned money but life was
getting away. Friends were having fun experiences and I
was working.

I know, you're thinking about the stories that I tell
about my records and accomplishments. And they're true,
but more than what you get from your achievements must be
what you become.

It must be... or you're living a life without meaning.

Like you, I've known so many people who lie, cheat and
steal and justify it with every ridiculous argument
possible. "I'm no worse than anyone else," I hear. "So
what", "I can't help it."

Does donating money or volunteering make you feel good?
Super.

But in your life every day, what jazzes you? Figure it
out and do more of it.

It comes down not to values, but character. You can value
some pretty off the wall stuff... But character is like a
classic suit. Everyone agrees on it. It's what people
admire........


Mike Brescia

The Blanco Renaissance Museum is an exquisit compound to savor the art, life and dreams of Don Anthonio Blanco. Located on Campuan Hill, Don Anthonio Blanco's breath-taking works of art are exhibited in his newly built main museum and in some historical ancient rooms by the studio stoods since 1952 where Don Anthonio Blanco used to work and where today his son Mario Blanco continues to find success through his own painting.Both father and son exclusively show there fascinating works of art with individually designed frames at the Blanco Gallery.
In this very inspirational place, surrounded by bird parks of Balinese fruit trees and many tame local birds.

DON ANTONIO BLANCO hails from catalonia in Spain, born on September 15, 1911 in the Ermite district of Manila. After finishing his study at National Academy of art in New York, he traveled extensively throughout the world to further his studied and ignite his vagabond spirit. Finally he landed on Bali in 1952. Later the King of Ubud granted him a 2 hectares land above the spot where two streams trickle together forming the Tjampuhan (campuan) River.

After getting married with a famous Balinese dancer NI RONJI, the Maestro lived in the idyllic Bali Island with his four children. TJEMPAKA,MARIO,ORCHID,MAHA DEVI. This fantasy home of his is a palatial hilltop house with a thatched bamboo roof, stone carvings, gilded statues and lush gardens spread around. This peaceful and magical compound of the Maestro's house, museum, studio and gallery is now famous as The Blanco renaissance Museum. A significant gigantic marble gate sculpturing the Maestro's signature at the entrance, known as the world biggest signature, proudly welcomes the visitor to the dreamworld of DON ANTONIO BLANCO.

Always wearing a beret. Don Antonio Blanco was a flamboyant and eccentric character, often called as ' The Dali of Bali". This world famous painter filled his extravagant studio and house with sumptuously expressive paintings of mostly figure object. He has artistically expressed his adoration of Woman as God's most beautiful creature through his bombastic artwork of singularity in expressionist-romantic style. Receiving many awards. Which one of them was the Cruz de Caballero' a' Don" title from King Juan Carlos of Spain, He had made Ubud prominent as one of world's villages of art.

Mario Blanco

Don Antonio Blanco's mastery in painting has been handed down to Mario Blanco.Maestro's only son.Mario Blanco was born in Ubud,Bali on the 4th of july 1962. He has been surrounded by art since his childhood. His first oil was painted at the age of five. To strengthen his talent. he studied about art academically in 1983.

Obviously, the art sense of Mario has been inherited from two different origins. His Spanish father introduced him to the European techniques of art and his Mother, a famous Balinese dancer, gave him the native artistic feeling.Mario has certainly developed his talent intensively though his real preference for a style of impressionism.as shown on his magnificent paintings.Although he is the son of the famous Don Antonio Blanco, Mario explores his very own creation by featuring object that emerge his own religious vision of Hindu and Balinese culture philoshopy