“Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You jumped like a frog.
You touched like a dog.
You kissed like a bird.”
Santosh Kalwar, An Aphrodisiac
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” — Leo Buscaglia
“Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own.
Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.” — John Muir
“Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so useless as criticism.
Only love can touch and hold them and be fair to them.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
“Nature” Is What We See
by Emily Dickinson
“Nature” is what we see—
The Hill—the Afternoon—
Squirrel—Eclipse— the Bumble bee—
Nay—Nature is Heaven—
Nature is what we hear—
The Bobolink—the Sea—
Thunder—the Cricket—
Nay—Nature is Harmony—
Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.
Sculpture – Contemporaries – Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
Mary Oliver
Maverick Mist 