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A Joy Forever
A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness. – John Keats
Sam Baker
Apr 281 min read
Blue Guitar
Blue Guitar
Sam Baker
Feb 11 min read
A Portal
Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself....
Sam Baker
Jan 311 min read
Sam Baker
Jan 270 min read
Sam Baker
Jan 260 min read
Wolf and Symphony
Acrylic and Charcoal on Paper
Sam Baker
Jan 231 min read
Unimaginable
Keep some room in your heart for the Unimaginable. -Mary Oliver A short film by Jackson Ruff.
Sam Baker
Oct 24, 20241 min read
But Little By Little
But little by little,/ as you left their voices behind,/ the stars began to burn/ through the sheets of clouds,/ and there was a new...
Sam Baker
Oct 23, 20241 min read
Oil on Board
It is a serious thing /just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world. -Mary Oliver
Sam Baker
Oct 22, 20241 min read
Listen
Listen – are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? -Mary Oliver
Sam Baker
Oct 22, 20241 min read
Lizard
But I also say this: that light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it’s done right, is a kind of holiness, palpable...
Sam Baker
Oct 22, 20241 min read
October Rose
I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed. -Mary Oliver
Sam Baker
Oct 22, 20241 min read
Proper Work
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. -Mary Oliver
Sam Baker
Oct 19, 20241 min read
1595
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. -William Shakespeare 1595
Sam Baker
Oct 16, 20241 min read
Angel in the Marble
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. -Michelangelo
Sam Baker
Oct 16, 20241 min read
Sam Baker
Oct 14, 20240 min read
Sam Baker
Oct 13, 20240 min read
Yellow Haired Man
oil on canvas
Sam Baker
Oct 9, 20241 min read
Horse Wild
oil on canvas
Sam Baker
Oct 6, 20241 min read
undreamed shores
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. -William Shakespeare
Sam Baker
Oct 2, 20241 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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