Impressionism, Sunrise by Claude Monet

Artist: Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926)

Date: 1873

Style: Impressionism

Genre: Cityscape

Location: Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

When Impression, Sunrise hung at its first exhibition in 1874, art critic Louis Leroy derisively used the term “Impressionistic,” from the title of this painting, to describe Monet’s works. This term was quickly adopted by what were soon to be known as the Impressionist painters, and the exhibition which included other works by Impressionist artists, was from then on referred to as the “Impressionist Exhibition.” This painting was later stolen in 1985 from the Musee Marmottan Monet in Paris, but was recovered undamaged in 1990, and was put back on display at the museum in 1991.

You’re lazy. You’re a whiner. You’re attention seeking. It’s all in your head.  Fibromyalgia is just another word for lazy. Feel free to add more. I’ve heard them all. Let me get this straight, the medical profession conspired and effectively implemented a fake syndrome just to cater to lazy people. Sounds perfectly reasonable. It’s not as if doctors have anything better to do. Or have reputations and licenses to protect. Or have ethics. And what exactly would their motivation be? Why would they make up an illness? Aren’t there enough illnesses? Cancer alone should keep them hopping.

There are many health issues that can not be found through standardized testing, for example: Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson’s, Autism, Lupus, ADD/ADHD, wheat or gluten sensitivity, acute back pain, as well as many mental health issues.

Does that mean they don’t exist? Does that mean the people that have these…

Your soul lives in quiet stillness
With magical powers unknown
Silence your mind and dive within
You’ll be amazed at what overflows

Visions, words and sounds
Play in your consciousness
Ideas and thoughts abound
At the center of your lotus

The creative point of being
The beginning of every art
Close your eyes in silence
Let the beauty pour out

Master a piece in peace
Bend waves to water energy
Picture the puzzle in pieces
Merging in high frequency

Turn lead into gold
Alchemy of the soul
Possibilities are infinite
When you just let things flow

Your soul travels in quiet brilliance
With supernatural loud silence
Free the heart, show effervescence
For all the gifts, heaven sent

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This was written in collaboration with the lovely and talented Tunisia Jolyn. You can find her wonderful work at http://alittlepositivity.com and http://alittleexpression.com