Shinjuku Mona Lisa
“ Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
– Confucius —
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Meltdown
“Nearly all people can stand adversity, but if you want to test one's character, give them power.”
– Abraham Lincoln —
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White Rabbit
“Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
– Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit —
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The Air Between my Fingers
“ The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors
who looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space on the infinite highway of the air.”
– Wilbur Wright —
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Such Great Heights
"I am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images and when
We kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God himself did make
Us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay"
— The Postal Service, Such Great Heights —
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Millennium Mile
“ Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright —
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