Ottawa, December 14, 2024

Winter trees

February 18, 2025 Paul Politis 0

“Our need for beauty is not something that we could lack and still be fulfilled as people. It is a need arising from our metaphysical […]

Ottawa, November 2, 2024

Window distortions

February 17, 2025 Paul Politis 0

“Look at everything. Don’t close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.” — […]

Ottawa, September 26, 2024

Bent tree

February 16, 2025 Paul Politis 0

“Our humanness is not given to us. Instead, it requires our participation in its construction and realisation, which often comes about through collapse or calamity. […]

Montreal, November 8, 2024

Vehicles

February 15, 2025 Paul Politis 0

“The thing to do is for each individual to wake up, to discover himself as a human being, with needs of his own. To look […]

Montreal, November 6, 2024

Animal nature

January 12, 2025 Paul Politis 0

“All this points to a kind of imperative, minimally expressed as: Do something. Better expressed, it says: Create something. To do otherwise is simply to […]

Montreal, November 6, 2024

Go on anyway

January 1, 2025 Paul Politis 0

“Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be, stop you. Go on anyway. […]

Ottawa, October 20, 2024

Dreamer

December 18, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“I’ve never aspired to be more than a dreamer. I paid no attention to those who spoke to me of living. I’ve always belonged to […]