Life and Death
Ted Barr Ted Barr

Life and Death

What Is Our Place In The Universe?

As A Young Soldier, I Found Myself On The Edge Of Ramon Crater In The Israeli Negev Desert; It Is One Of The Greatest And Deepest Craters In The World. It Was After Midnight, The Sky Was Glimmering With Myriad Stars.

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AWE
Ted Barr Ted Barr

AWE

What Is Our Place In The Universe?

As A Young Soldier, I Found Myself On The Edge Of Ramon Crater In The Israeli Negev Desert; It Is One Of The Greatest And Deepest Craters In The World. It Was After Midnight, The Sky Was Glimmering With Myriad Stars.

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River People vs Ravine people
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River People vs Ravine people

Are you a river or a ravine?

"People Are Disturbed Not By Things But By The Views Which They Take Of Them". Epictetus. When A River Descends From The Mountain And Meets A Boulder Or Obstacle, It Doesn't Stop Or Summon Its Board Of Directors To Think About A Strategy How To Overcome The Obstacle. The Flowing Water Naturally Finds A Detour, Another Way To Run To The Sea.

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Grave pitch
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Grave pitch

What Would Be Your Last Words Or Your Grave Pitch? It May Sound Like An Odd Question, But It Might Be The Most Important Sentence In Your Life. And If You Plan In Advance Those Last Words, Do You Live Your Life Accordingly?

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I C C C E
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I C C C E

The Most Popular Equation Is E=MCC, The Revolutionary Einstein's Brilliant Revelation About Matter And Energy Correlation. Matter And Energy Are On The Same Bar, The Denser Is Matter, The Finer Energy And In Between We Live And Experience.

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What is art ?
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What is art ?

A Fine Artist Isolates Himself For A Year In A Desert, He Takes A Big Canvas On A Wooden Frame And Painting Materials, Food And Water. He Sits There Secluded From Civilization, Painting From Sunrise To Sunset The Most Marvellous Masterpiece.

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The evolution of targeted call
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The evolution of targeted call

Many Years Ago, When People Lived In Tribes There Wasn’t A Personal Development Mission Nor An Attempt To Better Any Individual Life, If There Was A Target It Was A Mission For The Whole Tribe. If There Was A Message It Wasn’t Aimed At Any Individual But At The Cluster Of People That Constructed The Community, The Village, Or The Tribe.

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The boat on the great lake
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The boat on the great lake

It Was A Late-Night After A Long And Tiring Day In London, We Arrived A Week Ago For The London Art Biennale And It Was One Of The Most Condensed And Inspiring Times I Ever Had. When Orly And I Got Back To The Hotel Near Midnight We Were Completely Worn Out..

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The 2 C's
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The 2 C's

There Are Days I Am In The Studio With No Clear Idea About What I'm Going To Do, I Call Those Times – Cleaning Periods. An Artist Studio Is Usually An Hectic Combination Of Materials, Colors, Canvases, Books And Memories There Is All The Time A Need Of Thorough Cleaning There..

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I SEE BETTER WHEN MY EYES ARE CLOSED
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I SEE BETTER WHEN MY EYES ARE CLOSED

Imagination Is An Unlimited Canvas, The Best Way To Practice Is With My Eyes Closed. Whatever I See Is Translated By My Brain As Reality, But It Is Tiny, Unnoticed Part Of What Really Exists, I Will Tend To Concentrate On What I See Or What I Think I See, Then The Process Of Translation Ensues In My Reality Perception That Has To Do Not Only With What I Perceive As Reality But With My History, Way Of Life, Believes, Fears, Values, My Current State Of Mind, My Level Of Consciousness, The Place I Am, And Even If I Meditated Before..

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THE TAO IN ART LIFE
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THE TAO IN ART LIFE

Cy Twowbly And A French Barrette

Twombly’s Works At The Contemporary Art Museum In Berlin.

‘Eretz Hakodesh’, He Said

This Means In Hebrew ‘The Holy Land’

There Was A Hebrew Sentence Written On My Shirt

We Began Talking About Cy Twombly’s Works.

It Symbolizes The Tao, He Said

How Is That, I Inquired..

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you think i’m a tree but i’m not
Ted Barr Ted Barr

you think i’m a tree but i’m not

It Was A Late-Night After A Long And Tiring Day In London, We Arrived A Week Ago For The London Art Biennale And It Was One Of The Most Condensed And Inspiring Times I Ever Had. When Orly And I Got Back To The Hotel Near Midnight We Were Completely Worn Out..

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