I dream of rain

You don't need to leave home to find cute wildcritters. In my back yard, these squirrels were taking a break from whatever it is that squirrels do.

But sometimes, you need to trek to the local watering hole. This particular duck is a bit of a stalker.

Other times you may need to, um, cheat.

Have I mentioned I love having a longer zoom?

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly; I perceived that this is also vexation of the spirit. -- Ecclesiastes

One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind. -- Alphonese Bertillon

I've had these quotes in my .plan (and people thought that blogs were something new? Hah!) for some time now. Taken in tandem, the point they raise is interesting -- To know wisdom, we must know madness. What is madness, if not the paradoxes already within us? That slightly unhinged state of being from which creativity flows forth?

I submit madness arises from denial of these paradoxes, and only by accepting them as the truths they are can we ever begin to understand, which in itself is another paradox.

My brain hurts.