The Reason Why

"His talent was as natural as the pattern 

that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. 

At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did 

and he did not know when it was brushed or marred.

  catmaSutra cat art, In-between Love (2008)

Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and 

of their construction and he learned to think and 

could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone 

and he could only remember when it had been effortless."

~ Ernest Hemingway

  catmaSutra cat art, Morning Cat (2008)

"I should feel the air move against me, 

and feel the things I touched, 

instead of having only to look at them. 

I'm sure life is all wrong because it has become much too visual - 

we can neither hear nor feel nor understand, we can only see. 

I'm sure that is entirely wrong."

~D.H. Lawrence

  catmaSutra cat art, The usual please (2004)

"Wisdom is having things right in your life

and knowing why."

~William Edgar Stafford
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