Paint

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Vincent Van Gogh

Artistry

Fearing

Our doubts are traitors, 

and make us lose the good we oft might win, 

by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare

Memory

Renewal

This place I call home,
this place of stillness,
of deep and silent beauty:
It is my centre -
my balance
and my refuge.
In its silent music
I hear the beating of my heart.
This shadow world surrounds me
and buoys my dreaming mind
upon a pool of light.
Within its shimmering depths
I see myself reflected,
blessings of
a unique vision.
A choice,
a dream,
a hope;
a love too deep to name.
Here is purpose,
here is wisdom,
here is an end of doubt.
From here I rise rejoicing,
In the silence of Truth's song.

Ruth Davmor

Pearlescent

Human

It takes so much to be a human being
That there are very few
Who have the love and courage
To pay the price.

One has to abandon altogether
The search for security
And reach out to the risk of living
With both arms.

Morris West