Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in the autumn. ~Leo Tolstoy, to Nikolay Strakhov
Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in the autumn. ~Leo Tolstoy, to Nikolay Strakhov

I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze.
The sweet chill of pumpkin and crisp sunburnt leaves.
~Ann Drake, 2013

Art is the tree of life.
Science is the tree of death.
William Blake

A philosophical thought experiment that raises questions regarding observation and knowledge of reality.

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The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment. ”
-Winslow Homer


Much of the confusion we experience in this life comes from simply not understanding who we are.
Discovering who we really are is part of this great adventure called life.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf


Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Jim Rohn