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This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond—
Invisible, as Music—
But positive, as Sound—

It beckons, and it baffles—
Philosophy, don't know—
And through a Riddle, at the last—
Sagacity, must go—

To guess it, puzzles scholars—
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown—

Faith slips—and laughs, and rallies—
Blushes, if any see—
Plucks at a twig of Evidence—
And asks a Vane, the way—

Much Gesture from the Pulpit—
Strong Hallelujahs roll—
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul –

Emily Dickinson

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago – never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

Herman Melville, from Moby Dick

Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Bears yet a precious jewel in it head.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
I would not change it..

As You Like It (II/1), 17 x 23 inches, $195

This Word is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond –
Invisible, as Music –
But positive, as Sound —

Emily Dickinson, from This World is not Conclusion, 15 x 18 inches, $185

Much gesture from the Pulpit -
Strong Hallelujahs roll -
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the Soul -

Emily Dickinson, from This World is not Conclusion, 18 x 18 inches, $170

I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence: / Two roads diverged in a wood and I — / I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost, from The Road not Taken, 11 x 14 inches, $190

If there was a better way to go then it would find me; I’ll make the most of it, I’m an Extraordinary Machine.

Fiona Apple, from Extraordinary Machine, 14 x 18 inches - $165

‘Tis the gift to be simple,
’Tis the gift to be free,
‘Tis the gift to come down
Where we ought to be,
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend
We shan’t be ashamed,
To turn, turn, turn will be our delight,
‘Til by turning, turning we come round right.

Shaker Song, 15 x 18 inches , $170

Faith slips – and laughs, and rallies –
Blushes, if any see,
Plucks at a twig of Evidence –
And asks a Vane, the Way --

Emily Dickinson, from This World is not Conclusion, 18 x 18 inches, $180