Rembrandt van Rijn
                                    The return of the prodigal son
                                    The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

                    A miracle is often the willingness to see the common
                                            in an uncommon way.
 
 

                      Reason explains the darkness, but it is not a light.
 
 

                                Often we create our own deafness
                        and then grow so familiar with our deafness
                   that the thought of hearing becomes frightening.
 
 

        From Jacob the Baker, Gentle Wisdom for a Complicated World,
                                                                                by Noah ben Shea