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Bluebonnets 2019
photograph
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
da Vinci
Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood. - Leonardo da Vinci
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Geese
Mixed media
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Smile at trouble
I love those who can smile in trouble -Leonardo da Vinci
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Silence
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. -Leonardo da Vinci
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Mind and hands
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands. -Leonardo da Vinci
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
NYC by train
Photograph
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Simplicity
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” -Leonardo da Vinci
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Once you have tasted flight
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will...
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
da Vinci
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light....
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
The angel in the marble
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free -Michelangelo
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
da Vinci
Realize that everything connects to everything else. ― Leonardo da Vinci
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Detail of painting
photograph of oil painting
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Detail of painting.
photograph of oil painting
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
The Big Bend
Photograph
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Words are sacred.
Tribal people say the words are sacred. We don’t mean that you are supposed to kneel down and worship them. We mean that you should in...
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Merton
Do not depend on the hope of results… You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no...
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Work is love.
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit...
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Mr. Baldwin
Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins, Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all,...
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
Wild onions
photograph
Sam Baker
May 2, 20191 min read
also there is some kind of member thing going on that I don't understand. it will get fixed. I don't want a membership thing so please don't sign up. I am not sure what it does. ughh.
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