To live……

From the Facebook page of Maggie Jablonska

 

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool

To weep is to risk appearing weak or sentimental

To reach out to another is to risk involvement or rejection

To show your feelings is to risk exposing your true self

To place your ideas and dreams before crowd is to risk their loss

To love is to risk not being loved in return

To live is to risk dying

To hope is to risk despair

To try is to risk failure

 

But risk must be taken-because

The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing:

The person who risks nothing

Does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing:

S/he may avoid suffering and sorrow, but

S/he simply cannot learn, feel, change, love, or live

Chained by personal certitudes, s/he is a slave;

S/he has forfeited freedom.

Only a person who risks

Is free

 

Anonymous

drawings – reflections

Self portrait in saucepan lid,  charcoal, A1 size paper

Reflection in my dam, pencil, A4 size

Reflection in Bella’s water bowl, coloured pencil, A1 size paper

Multiple reflections in toaster, marker felt then digitally manipulated