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Dear Friends:
After vigorously shaking my glass snow globe, I rest it upon the table and peer inside to the little village scene. What a delight! I can see you buzzing about, putting away your paints and brushes to make room for the colors of the holiday. I see you wrapping, and packing, cleaning and cooking, and hiding away the gifts of love in preparation for celebration with loved ones. I am there with you, joining you in celebration, cheering your 2008 feats of daring and Olympic achievements. The new year plans to be a busy one and I look forward to working with you again and learning from each other. And just in case you are beginning to doubt that Angels exist, here’s an old story to keep us young. God bless. OM
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897
Editor: Francis P. Church
We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
Dear Editor---
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except that which they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to have men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest men, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernatural beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
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Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul:
101 True Stories of Angels, Miracles, and Healings
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Magic(al) Realism (New Critical Idiom)
by Maggie Bowers
The Mystical City Of God:
The Divine History and Life of the Virgin Mother of God
by Fiscar Marison (Translator)
Mystical Traveler:
How to Advance to a Higher Level of Spirituality
by Sylvia Browne
Mystical Hope:
Trusting in the Mercy of God
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The Wisdom Way of Knowing:
Reclaiming An Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart
by Cynthia Bourgeault
Academy of Botanical Art
Distance Learning
Now Available for Anyone
Interested in Endangered Species,
Bromeliads or Palms
Endangered Species for Botanical Artists
This wonderful course is available to anyone interested in the study of endangered species.
Academy Students earn elective credits for taking this course and completing the enclosed exam. A wealth of information that all will find extremely interesting.
Academy Electives: 15
by John Beckner, Botanist
$150.00 Non Certificate Student ~ $275 Certificate Students
Bromeliads for Botanical Artists
The structure of bromeliad plants and their flowers
with suggestions for ways to illustrate and
better understand these exciting plants.
Academy Electives: 5
by John Beckner, Botanist
$50.00 Non Certificate Student ~ $175 Certificate Students
Palms for the Botanical Artist
This publication is just the tip of an iceberg.
Palms are plants inclined to large dimensions.
They are very numerous and more varied than you first imagine. This text is for the person interested in illustrating them in various ways;
artistic or scientific and as a motif for crafts. But nearly all of it will be useful to plant lovers, tropical nature fans, gardeners and other people.
Academy Electives: 5
by John Beckner, Botanist
$50.00 Non Certificate Student ~ $175 Certificate Students
Click here to learn more about the
Academy and its instructors
ABA Instruction & Course Paks
The Academy of Botanical Art’s flexible program allows for distance learners to tailor a schedule of botanical art training to their needs that includes phone tutored lessons, classes with the Ringling College of Art and Design, the Marie Selby Botanical Garden, and Academy workshops now offered in several locations. Distance learners take advantage of classes offered in their hometown as part of their study program. There is hardly an excuse left not to join the Academy's growing school.
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Christmas Prayer
by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Loving Father, Help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men. Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.
Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clean hearts. May the Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children, and the Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus' sake, Amen!"
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How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
-William Shakespeare
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There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.
-Ugo Betti
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We never know how high we are till we are called to rise and then,
if we are true to plan our statures touch the skies.
-Margaret Cousins (1905- )
Senior Editor Doubleday Publishing Company
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Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys,
showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously,
and that Christmas Day in the company of children
is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.
-Robert Lynd (1892-1970)
American Sociologist
A Yummy New Restaurant in Town!
superfood fusion café
Serving fresh and healthy ingredients such as fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts,
legumes, fish and meat without sacrificing great taste.
TAPAS – SOUPS – SALADS – KIDS MENU
SANDWICHES & PIZZA
Open Monday to Saturday, 11am to Midnight
1737 South Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34239
941-366-3139
www.lonjevity.net
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Art Classes & Workshops
You can now combine
Distance Learning with Class Time
at any of our locations!!!
Private Classes with O.M.Braida
Studio 20
Time:
All Private Studio Classes
are from 9:30am to 2:30pm
Location:
2068 Sunnyside Lane, Sarasota, FL, 34239.
Just off 41 in the Southgate area two blocks north of Webber and the Mall.
Special LEAF Drawing or Painting Class at Studio 20
FRIDAY, January 20, 2009 – 9:30am to 2:30pm
$140.00 Non-Certificate Students
$165.00 for Certificate Students
Refreshments provided, but you may want to bring your own lunch.
Regular Studio 20 Class Dates:
Thursdays, 9:30am to 2:30pm
January 8, 15, 22, 29
February 5, 12, 19, 26
March 5, 12, 19, 26
April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
May 7, 14, 21, 28
June 4, 18, 25
Tuition:
4 classes/20 hours: $450
Individual class: $125
Refreshments provided, but you may want to bring your own lunch.
Credit Cards Accepted!
Register Here
Or contact olivia@omartdesigns.com
Or Call 941-953-9999 for more information
Plant Morphology for Artists @ Studio 20 With John Beckner
Ten Tuesdays – 1:30am to 4:30pm
Class Dates:
January 13, 27
February 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 31
April 7, 14
Or contact olivia@omartdesigns.com
Or Call 941-953-9999 for more information
New York City Spring
Workshops
with O.M. Braida
Location:
New Studio for the Art of Painted Finishes
15 East 77th Street (Between 5th & Madison)
Ground Floor - Garden Level Studio
Time:
9:30am to 4:30pm
Dates:
May 4 - 8, 2009
Tuition: One Five-Day Workshop........................ $875.00
Some single day seats may be available at $180 per day.
Credit Cards Accepted!
Register Here
Or contact olivia@omartdesigns.com
Or Call 941-953-9999 for more information
Academy of Botanical Art @
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
To Register, visit www.selby.org
Or Call Marilynn Shelley 941-366-5731 x 239
2008-9 Academy @ Selby Schedule
Botanical Drawing & Watercolor – Noon to 5pm
Jan.19, 20, 21 w/ Olivia Braida
Feb. 16, 17, 18 w/ Olivia Braida
March 23, 24, 25 w/ Olivia Braida
April 20 to 25 w/ Olivia Braida
May 18, 19, 20 w/ Olivia Braida
Botanical Art & Illustration
Certificate Program Classes
Ringling College of Art and Design
Spring 2009 Term
Thursdays, February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5
6:30pm to 9:30pm
and
Thursdays, March 12, 19, 26, April 2, April 9
6:30pm to 9:30pm
To Register, visit www.ringling.edu
Or call, 941-955-8866
Open Studio Workshops
for all levels
w/Olivia Braida
October to December - 6:30 to 9:30pm
Academy @ Kentucky
with Leslie Ramsey
Botanical Workshops
with Certified Academy Instructor
Leslie Ramsey
Certified Botanical Artist
Day & Evening Classes
Day: 9 am to 2 pm $300 (individual class $100)
Evening: 5:30pm - 8:30pm $200 (individual class $75)
Art supplies and books not included.
For recent Arboretum/Kentucky University
Workshop attendees
who completed Drawing I and Watercolor I, pursue the next level book
Drawing II and Watercolor II.
For Books and Course Paks and Art Supplies visit…
www.botanicalartsupplies.com
To Register, call Leslie Ramsey: 606-434-4280
Exhibits
Artist contributors
to the newly released book
will exhibit ORIGINAL work
A portion from art sales will go to
The Horticultural Society of New York
981 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10075
Tel. (212) 772-8787
Fax (212) 737-9306
Shop Hours:
Monday-Friday 10-6
Saturday 11-5
http://www.ursusbooks.com/
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December 29, 30, and 31, 2008 9am- 4pm
The South Florida Museum is happy to announce GROSSology!, a winter "mini-camp" for students in grades 2-5. GROSSology! will be, well, gross, but your kids will develop a hands-on understanding of the science behind gross things. Gross and educational? Who could resist that combination?
Summer Camps Director Sarah Hammock will once again be leading this scientifically-based camp. There will also be another teacher assisting in the instruction and activities, and volunteers assisting the class.
There are only a few seats left!
This program is expected to fill quickly!
Exhibits Museums
South Florida Museum
201 10th Street West
Bradenton, Florida 34205
(941) 746-4131
http://www.southfloridamuseum.org/
John and Mable Ringling Museum
5401 Bay Shore Road,
Sarasota Florida 34243
(941) 359-5700
http://www.ringling.org/
Museum of Fine Arts
255 Beach Drive NE, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 896-2667
http://www.fine-arts.org/
Salvador Dali Museum
1000 Third Street South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-4901
(727) 823-3767
http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/home.html
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890
(412) 268-2434
http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
(202) 783-5000
1-800-222-7270
http://www.nmwa.org/
Smithsonian Institute
10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, D.C. 20560
(202) 633-1000
http://www.si.edu/
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10028
(212) 535-7710
http://www.metmuseum.org/
American Museum of Natural History
79th Street @ Central Park West
New York, New York
(212) 769-5100
http://www.amnh.org/
American Museum of Natural History
79th Street @ Central Park West
New York, New York
(212) 769-5100
http://www.amnh.org/
Modern Museum of Art
11 West 53 Street,
New York, NY 10019-5497
(212) 708-9400
http://www.moma.org/
Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 638-5000
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 733-HIGH
Receptionist: 404-733-4400
http://www.high.org/
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404
(312) 443-3600
http://www.artic.edu/aic/
Bruce Museum One Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
203-869-0376
http://www.brucemuseum.org/
Harvard University Museum of Natural History
Home of the famous Glass Flower Sculptures
by Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895)
and his son Rudolf (1857-1939)
22 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-2365
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/
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