"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

31 March 2023

Moss.

Wyeth, Stair Window, 1954


Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—

Archibald MacLeish, from "Ars Poetica"

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