Teresa Dimeola:
CLASS OF 1980
Washington Irving High SchoolClass of 1980
New york, NY
Martin Luther King Middle SchoolClass of 1976
Berkeley, CA
Teresa's Story
Teresa is from Berkeley, California. Teresa's schools include Washington Irving High School, Martin Luther King Middle School. Teresa later attended City College of New York.
Music Teresa likes includes Tempest, Samba de Santa Clara, Mozart. Books Teresa likes include Oscar Wilde, War and Peace, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. Movies Teresa likes include Lincoln, How to save Earth's most threatened tribe, The Pianist. TV shows Teresa likes include Body of Proof, Push Girls, What Is This Tv You Speak Of.
One of Teresa's favorite quotes is:"'Beckett interprets Proust as being convinced that such a text cannot be created or invented but only discovered within the artist himself, and that it is, as it were, almost a law of his own nature. It is his most precious possession, and, as Proust explains, the source of his innermost happiness. However, as can be seen from the practice of the great artists, although the text may be strong and durable and able to support a lifetime's work, it cannot be taken for granted and there is no guarantee of permanent possession. It may be mislaid or even lost, and retrieval is very difficult. It may lie dormant and be discovered late in life after a long struggle, as with Mondrian or Proust himself. Why it should be that some people have this sort of text while others do not, and what 'meaning' it has, is not something which lends itself to argument. Nor is it up to the artist to decide how important it is, or what value it has for other people. To ascertain this is perhaps beyond even the capacities of his own time.'
(NB. Riley is using 'text' here to mean not only written documents, but any phenomena subject to interpretation, such as experiences or perceptions)
From: 'Painting Now', 23rd William Townsend Memorial Lecture, given by Bridget Riley CBE at Slade School of Art, London, 29 November 1996.
"You are about to die. There are two paintings on the wall, a Rembrandt and a Mondrian. Which is the one you wish to see last? Live, love, and make art like that moment; as if you were about to die." - Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian artist
"Your blood and my blood is naught but the sap that feeds the tree of heaven" - Kahlil Gibran
“If our art can be repeated using only skilled craftsmanship, it ultimately reaches its level of maturity—all that knowing how to paint becomes a subconscious mechanism. The creative energy, unhampered by concern or lack of confidence, then spills itself onto the canvas. The educated adult drifts back into a natural state of love and joy. This freedom, like that of a child, is open to influence beyond the mind, thus bringing about original and uninhibited beauty of expression.”
—Alan Wolton
"Patience, Control, Discipline"
"Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this". - Gustav Flaubert
"I cannot understand why we idle discussing religion. If we are honest—and scientists have to be—we must admit that ...Expand for more
religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. The very idea of God is a product of the human imagination. It is quite understandable why primitive people, who were so much more exposed to the overpowering forces of nature than we are today, should have personified these forces in fear and trembling. But nowadays, when we understand so many natural processes, we have no need for such solutions. I can't for the life of me see how the postulate of an Almighty God helps us in any way. What I do see is that this assumption leads to such unproductive questions as why God allows so much misery and injustice, the exploitation of the poor by the rich and all the other horrors He might have prevented. If religion is still being taught, it is by no means because its ideas still convince us, but simply because some of us want to keep the lower classes quiet. Quiet people are much easier to govern than clamorous and dissatisfied ones. They are also much easier to exploit. Religion is a kind of opium that allows a nation to lull itself into wishful dreams and so forget the injustices that are being perpetrated against the people. Hence the close alliance between those two great political forces, the State and the Church. Both need the illusion that a kindly God rewards—in heaven if not on earth—all those who have not risen up against injustice, who have done their duty quietly and uncomplainingly. That is precisely why the honest assertion that God is a mere product of the human imagination is branded as the worst of all mortal sins." - Paul Dirac
"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."
- Helen Keller
This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them.
Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them.
No compulsion is to be on them.
Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries.
No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses.
Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.
No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight.
The Muslims are to fight for them.
If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray.
Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.
No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world). -628 C.E. Prophet Muhammad".
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