"My wish is to stay always like this,
living quietly in a corner of nature."
- Claude Monet.

I feel the same as Monet. I seek out small, somewhat private corners where I can get lost in the moment watching the theater change from moment to moment. It could be a new cloud that formed or the entrance of a small bird that doesn't notice my presence. Colors play a big role in my little dramas. Where I live, the seasons don't vary too much as in other areas. There's a simple beauty to be found daily if I just keep my eyes aware of my surroundings.

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Never lose an opportunity
of seeing anything beautiful,
for beauty is God's handwriting. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“At no other time than autumn
does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell,
the ripe earth; in a smell
that is in no way inferior to the smell of the sea,
bitter where it borders on taste,
and more honeysweet where you feel it touching the first sounds. Containing depth within itself,
darkness,
something of the grave almost.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters on Cézanne

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“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
-Rumi

Be it in your life or career, follow your heart.

To do what you love is like visiting your favorite holiday destination every day.

If we fall in love with what we do, we look at work with passion, and the beauty of it will show.

Be it reading a book, traveling, or cracking a complex code, show your love for it and look at the ecstasy you will experience.

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" A painting is never finished -
it simply stops in interesting places."
- Paul Gardner

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