Doors of Perception

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, til he sees all things through narrow chinks in his cavern.

#William Blake

Matthaei Gardens, Michigan

We learn from history that we do not learn from history.

G.W.F. Hegel

Newburgh Lake, Michigan

Bold Winds Speechless

But, as we often see against some storm
A silence in the heavens, the rack stand still
The bold winds speechless, and the orb below
As hush as death, anon the dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region.
—William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Summer storms in Michigan approach “anon the thunder.”

Tasting Life Twice

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.”
– Anais Nin

Nature Through Our Filter

What we observe is not nature, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.
-Werner Heisenberg

Huron National Forest, Michigan

Our Doubts Are Traitors

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

Genesis

This is a wonderful day.  I have never seen this one before.
Maya Angelou

Hartwick Pines, Michigan

Power of the Suggestive

The power of the suggestive is much greater than
the statement of reality.

C.W. Mundy

Kensington Park, Michigan

Beauty in Light and Shadow

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.”
Leo Tolstoy,   Anna Karenina

Summer’s medley, composed of light and shadow.  is now playing at Michigan’s lakes and woods.

Newburgh Lake, Michigan

Silent Awakenings

Sometimes the most profound awakenings come wrapped
in the quietest of moments

Stephen Crane

Hartwick Pines, Michigan