Optimist, sunshine, nature, apples, clouds, animals, walking, being me, air-rifle, sketching, music, laughing with friends, reading, living each day to the fullest
'On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

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If there is anything art teaches us, it is to be comfortable with shades of grey. Life is not black or white, it's not one thing or the other; it is the process of discovery that is valuable, not your judgement of it.

... The notion is to engage with new ideas and new perspectives, new experiences, the more successful he will be.

Art does nothing less than show us "how to live in a civilised society, how to be aware of the person you are talking to, how collaboration works, how we discover new ideas"
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How long should one go on being miserable before one gives up and why does everyone say that the urge to give up is always the strongest before it all supposedly tips over to a good place, and what is a reasonable time to wait, and if it's always "darkest before the dawn", then where is the floor?

When people say "it paid off in the end", do they really mean that or is it just a soothing narrative to hold the right horrors at bay?

Everyone always tells me to pick my battles, but no one is telling me which ones to pick. I would really like some assistance with that, really.

Is everyone's job - and life - defined by persistent, low grade pain?

Like what those online medical websites say, when you try to self-diagnose a situation: dull discomfort, carry on. Sharp pain, see a doctor

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