“to find ourselves and lose ourselves”

 

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”— Thomas Merton

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under the willow tree

 

"I went out for a walk..."

“I only went out for a walk,

and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,

for going out, I found,

was really going in.”

— John Muir, 1938

 

"Where Nature May Heal and Give Strength"

verybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in,

where nature may heal and give strength

to body and soul alike. - John Muir, The Yosemite (1912).

[Available as a Print / Poster]

 

"Rest is not idleness..." -- John Lubbock

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” — John Lubbock

Wise Old Tree

Wise Old Tree

Teeshirts @ TeePublic

 

Mountain Stream

 

Stream

Solace

 

Blue Ridge

 

Ent - (Tolkienish)

 

Tree, 12-21-22

 

November Moon

 

Autumn!

Autumn! -- my favorite season of the year (obviously). A colorized version of a drawing from last month, using watercolor markers and some colored pencils.

September (Black and White)

Four Trees, Literally

 

from sketchbook - (micron ink pens and pencil)

Tree (Quick Doodle)

 

Forest (Quick Doodle)