Oh, Viggo

Allow me a moment to talk about Viggo...this guy is deep. Did you know he is not only an actor, but also a painter, poet, writer, and avid equestrian? In fact, he purchased the horse he rode in the Lord of the Rings movies, and he also bought Arwen's horse and gave it to the stuntwoman who rode the horse in the movies. He also bought one of the "Hidalgo" horses. Cool.



"You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day."
-Viggo Mortensen



"Be kind. It’s worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious — and if you get into the habit of doing that—it’s the first step to being open minded… and realizing that your points of view aren’t totally opposite. I don’t think anyone’s are, in the end. It’s just a question of finding out by spending time with them or giving their ideas a chance to be considered." -Viggo again



Here is one of his poems:

Cuttings
The afterthought of chimes
filters in from next door.
I am under the echo, not
listening so much as noticing
it from time to time as
I look over the results
of my landscaping and
weeding from a white
wicker chair.

An errant vine has sprouted
two blue flowers
where it reaches
the base of the lemon tree.
They are beautiful;
I am suspicious.
Are they a diversion,
an entreaty to keep me
from cutting back the vine?
I'll keep the flowers,
put them in a saucer
by your bed.



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