No External Refuge

Be a lamp unto yourself,
be a refuge to yourself.
Take yourself to
no external refuge.

The Buddha

Too Old for This

I'm too old
for this shit.

Detective Roger Murtaugh
("Lethal Weapon")

How to Remain an Artist

Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to
remain an artist
once we grow up.

Pablo Picasso

Contribute a Verse

O me, O life of the questions of these recurring.
Of the endless trains of the faithless.
Of cities filled with the foolish.
What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer: that you are here.
That life exists and identity.
That the powerful play goes on,
and you may contribute a verse.

Walt Whitman

Live Quite Freely

Once your reputation is ruined,
you can live quite freely.

Anthony Bourdain

Becoming Wise

The fool who persists
in his folly will
become wise.

William Blake

Change vs. Same

The more things change,
the more they stay the same.

French Proverb