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Echoes: From Pasts Unknown

I had no idea how finely you dined continue…
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Echoes: Bees At Play

A bee takes a moment to see what happens next continue…
An artistic rendering of a small figure standing in the middle of a street with very tall buildings on either side. The perspective is of a long street fading to a point in the horizon. The street is washed with red approaching the figure.

The Blood Does Not Run Hidden

How we learn to hate continue…
An artistic rendering of a path through the woods.

Quick

I find myself here today continue…
A colourful artistic rendering of some steps leading out of a building onto a cobblestone path. The exit is a round opening in the wall that is framed by curtains drawn and tied.

The Curtain Sets On Laughter Rising

Descartes, bless his heart, neglected art continue…
A colourful artistic rendering of an angel/knight standing behind a fierce little girl who is holding a sword and looks determined.

Once Forever

and so the midnight run to somewhere children are, once forever continue…
A colourful artistic rendering of a woman standing in an open doorway looking out on to the sea. It's a very happy and full of life image.

The Doorman Abstracts

Imagined at the doors of perception continue…
An artistic rendering of two people shaking or holding hands. They could be facing either way, or different ways. There is a huge moon in the background enveloping them.

If You Only Know One Word

Language is the sound of civilization continue…

The Alien Life

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens are standing to the left of a third alien. The third alien has one eye. The caption reads: “Well, we aren’t in the land of the blind, are we, Mr. Thinks He's King.”

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often without rhyme,
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An artistic rendering of a figure that appears to stand upon a sea of stars, before a sea of stars. The quote reads: “One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One Ought

An artistic rendering of a figure standing on an upwardly curving horizon. The figure is silhouetted by the sun. The quote reads: First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a trade unionist; Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew; Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak out for me. Martin Niemöller

I Was Not

An artistic rendering of two figures walking down the center of a road to an illuminated opening. The quote reads: "I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong." Frederick Douglass

Unite

A fantastical artistic rendering of a figure before a round lighted portal and a tree trunk that rises into a round light. The quote reads: "As an afterthought, it seems hardly proper to write of life without once mentioning happiness; so we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?" Hunter S. Thompson, 1955

Happiness

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