Society, as we have constituted it, will have no place for me, has none to offer; but Nature, whose sweet rains fall on unjust and just alike, will have clefts in the rocks where I may hide, and secret valleys in whose silence I may weep undisturbed. She will hang the night with stars so that I may walk abroad in the darkness without stumbling, and send the wind over my footprints so that none may track me to my hurt: she will cleanse me in great waters, and with bitter herbs make me whole.
–Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
Keeping it simple this morning. Even so, there’s a lot to consider in this simple triad of word, image and song.
Words from Oscar Wilde‘s letter from his time imprisoned in Reading Gaol, a replay of a favorite Neko Case song and a wistful painting. I think they blend together pretty well and reflect my mood in the moment.
I guess that’s good enough for a quiet Friday morning in January.