wisdom from Alan watts

We get such a kick out of looking forward to pleasures and rushing ahead to meet them that we can’t slow down enough to enjoy them when they come. We are therefore a civilization which suffers from chronic disappointment – a formidable swarm of spoiled children smashing their toys.

inspiring words from matisse 'I cannot copy nature in a servile way; I am forced
to interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the picture.'

inspiration from Richard Diebenkorn " attempt what is not certain. certainty may or may not not come later. it may then be a valuable delusion."

Joan Didion inspires with " A hill is a transitional accommodation to stress, and ego may be a similar accommodation. A waterfall is a self-correcting maladjustment of stream to structure, and so, for all i know, is technique"

the tradition of building cathedrals of reason in an uncertain universe

surrendering to authenticity allows peace to flood in