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

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

G.W.F. Hegel

Newburgh Lake, Michigan

Graceful Is as Graceful Glides

There’s a double beauty whenever a swan swims on a lake with her double thereon.
–Thomas Hood

As We See the World

We don’t see things as they are; we see things as we are.

Anais Nin

Matthaei Woods, Michigan

Invincible Summer

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

Pine River, Michigan
Huron National Forest

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.”

Hints of Colors to Come

In my part of Michigan, the leaves are just beginning to change color on the first day of autumn, hinting at glorious colors to follow.

 

Matthaei Gardens, Michigan

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