Somewhere Snow - Paradise, Montana

"...Always somewhere in the air is snow
Of every kind, light, drifted, melting, deep
Especially, its liquid energy
Released come spring stored temporarily
Upon the mountains as through time they keep
Faith with cold nights where the foxes bark and roam.”

--From "Always Somewhere" by David Rothman

Somewhere Mountains - Paradise, Montana

"Somewhere in the dark is always mountains,

Years in mountains, mountains silent, standing

Inscrutable, big, rocky, piercing, sheer,

And hills, wrinkled and rippling, calling clear

Across their time, symbolic, real, and branding

Reality as cities boast a downtown....”

--From "Always Somewhere" by David Rothman

Courage To Walk In - Grant Creek, Missoula, Montana

"When we have the courage to walk into our story and own it, we get to write the ending.
And when we don't own our stories of failure, setbacks, and hurt - they own us."
-Brene Brown, Dare To Lead, p. 240

No jingle bells, but plenty of snowing and blowing up bushels of fun this week!
 

Winter Tranquility - Grant Creek, Missoula, Montana

"There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain, a perception of privacy and isolation, even of dominion. In that vast space you can sail unaccompanied for hours, afloat on pine and brush and rock. It's a tranquillity born of sheer immensity; it calms with its very magnitude, which renders the merely human of no consequence. Gene [my father] was formed by this alpine hypnosis, this hushing of human drama."

-Tara Westover, "Educated: A Memoir", p. 27

On Inspiration And Work - Winter - Grant Creek, Missoula, Montana

“Inspiration is for amateurs.

 The rest of us just show up and get to work.”

- Chuck Close, renowned artist, b. 1940

(Wishing you deep thoughts of how today's photo ties in with the quote....C.)

Complex Simplicity - Missoula, Montana

"The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity."
-Rev. Douglas Horton (1891-1968)