Hope everyone had an enjoyable safe holiday long weekend. Fresh editorials are in the works, took a little hiatus. The site is a bit more stable, still having occasional server overloads during peak hours (12-3pm EST) , I appreciate your patience as I try and mitigate the issues. Also, check out the store , adding more and more items. Any image on the site can be turned into a product! Thanks again for all the continued support ~Vox

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Step on the moist, pillowsoft earth, walking gingerly aside a weeping steam that calls your name, for it knows how to heal a wounded heart. ~Maximillian Degenerez

Still suffering from site outages. Most often outages occur from …

An analogous color scheme is any three adjacent primary, secondary, or tertiary colors on the color wheel. These schemes can be warm or cool. Each can be neutralized by use of its complement, and black and white can be used. Analogous colors “harmonize” well and produce a definite mood to a composition. This can create a very harmonious color scheme.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

The prism through which you experience life is so unique. There is no objective experience.

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. George Bernard Shaw

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.

The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony J. D’Angelo

Art is the proper task of life. Friedrich Nietzsche

The Amen of nature is always a flower. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Out of difficulties grow miracles. Jean de la Bruyere

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

The good news is that the outages are caused by the success of the site! That’s all due to your support!!

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask. Victor Hugo