Chairs for Winter Solitude

Blue chair resting under hemlock
CC Jean Stimmell 1/26/15

Pursuing originality, the would-be creator works alone. 

In loneliness one assumes a responsibility for oneself 
that one cannot fulfill.

Meditating on Solitude
CC Jean Stimmell: 1/23/15

True solitude is found in the wild places,

where one is without human obligation.*

Red Chairs on Pleasant Pond
CC Jean Stimmell: 2/11/11

From the order of nature we return

to the order – and disorder –

of humanity.*

*The quotes above are from Wendell Berry's book of essays:

"What are People for."