Its use removes all pain.

"It is bright just at midnight; it doesn't appear at dawn. It acts as a guide for beings. Its use removes all pain." –Song of the Jewel Mirror

Click here for another translation of the entire song.

And an animation of the above picture:

Stone Circle

This circle seemed to say it all.

...not all those who wander are lost.

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Dead and Beautiful

This stump reminded me of the fiber work by Jane Sauer, who now runs a gallery in Sante Fe.

Family Dentistry

So this man named Jim Stinks asks the judge for a name change. "To what do you want to change it," the judge asked. "James Stinks, the man answered."

...infinity is right before your eyes....

"There is no here, no there; infinity is right before your eyes. The tiny is as large as the vast when objective boundaries have disappeared." –Trust in Mind

It was the best of times.... (v.2)

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way...." Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities