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Sunday, December 31, 2017

December journey

"Journey of Souls,"  4 by 4 acrylic on canvas
December ends, again, the end of a journey, or a beginning, like every second, minute, hour, day, month, year. Mortality, immortality.
The earth is not the center of the universe, and neither are we. Atoms in constant flux in the cosmos, where nothing is permanent, in spite of our feeble efforts to make them seem so. Would we not be better off, if we took each step of our journeys like that?

Thomas Merton:
  • "Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity."
  •  "To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell."
  • "Love is the door to eternity."

Today's little 4 by 4 acrylic on canvas was done for a Paseo Arts District silent auction earlier this month.
(Day 31 of December paintings)
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