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The Steadying Light– Included in the Principle Gallery Show

Excellence is its own master, owes no allegiance, bows its head to no regimen. It exists pure and whole like the silver face of the moon. Untouchable, unreachable, exquisite. But frustrating because it reminds us of how much mediocrity we put up with, just to get through the week.

― Harlan Ellison

I don’t have much time to write this morning. Maybe I shouldn’t share anything at all. But have been thinking about how our lives are affected by our willingness to settle for mediocrity, about how we opt for choices that are easy, that require little exertion of effort or thought.

Like I said, I don’t have time to put this into any sort of context right now. I just wanted to put this out into the world this morning with the hope that I won’t accept my own mediocrity and that we, as a people, will put in the effort and thought required to achieve excellence.

That might be asking too much…