2. Q. How to live? A. Pay attention
3. Q. How to live? A. Be Born
4. Q. How to live? A. Read a lot, forget most of what you read, and be slow-witted
5. Q. How to live? A. Survive love and loss
6. Q. How to live? A. Use little tricks
8. Q. How to live? A. Keep a private room behind the shop
9. Q. How to live? A. Be convivial: live with others
10. Q. How to live? A. Wake from the sleep of habit
11. Q. How to live? A. Live temperately
12. Q. How to live? A. Guard your humanity
13. Q. How to live? A. Do something no one has done before
14. Q. How to live? A. See the world
15. Q. How to live? A. Do a good job, but not too good a job
16. Q. How to live? A. Philosophize only by accident
17. Q. How to live? A. Reflect on everything; regret nothing
19. Q. How to live? A. Be ordinary and imperfect
20. Q. How to live? A. Let life be its own answer
New block prints inspired by the Chapter Headings of Sarah Bakewell’s biography and collected essays of Michel de Montaigne, “How to Live: One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
15 comments:
"18. Q. How to live? A. Give up control". Yes. I needed to be reminded of that just now. :-) Thanks!
Gorgeous block prints. Now you've given me another French thinker to add to my list of books to read.
i particularly like this one
::Wake from the sleep of habit::
India, that is one of my faves too.
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I just ordered Sarah Bakewell's book. I've been looking for a book to lose myself in (or find myself in, depending on the day) and this one might just fill the bill for a while. Thanks, Judy!
Oh the heart leaf is beautiful. It is very alive and seems to have a weight to it with the shading.
Yes- all of this.
loved this book, I like how you posted the titles… great to be reminded!
I like How To Live? Keep a private room behind the shop.
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Be Born
Wow.
How to arrange this ! :)
"Don't worry about death" ... has to be my knew mantra now. Since my birthday a few weeks ago, I have been fixated on how fast 70 yrs is creeping up on me ! Must concentrate on living !
Love your leaf !
and today, as i prepare to deliver 2 of 3 eulogies for friends who perished in a house fire, this . . . this fortifies me as i go out and honor their lives by telling stories about how they lived. thank you for keeping a room behind the shop and bringing so much beauty into lives of people you may never meet in person.
Are the block prints yours? A beautiful post, lots to think about.
Yes, the block prints are mine. Brand new.
10" x 24"
i could read and stitch and read again, and then stitch the reading
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