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Nobody wants to live in a state of constant, unpredictable change – one in which events permutate so rapidly and randomly that you cannot predict what will happen next. This is anarchy.

Neither, at the same time, does one want to live in a state where nothing ever changes – a situation in which not only the next minute, but the next year or even decade, stays stagnant. In that way lies boredom and ennui.

In the world of mankind, both situations are desirable by despots and tyrants who rattle nations and ordinary people with the first and then, when they have achieved their goals, impose the latter. But in the real world, the larger world of nature that embraces humankind as a part of the world and not its rulers, there is a balance of change and permanence.

And so we find the seasons: they are predictable in their arrival, year by year, in their accorded time: spring follows winter, summer follows spring, and, taking its place before winter, is autumn. Year by...

I am a fine art painter who creates representational images celebrating light, life, and color. A commercial illustrator for more than 20 years, I have been painting for most of my life, and in the last 13 years have focused exclusively on fine art. I celebrate images that invite the viewer to step into the artwork and experience a sense of joy, peace, freedom, encouragement, meditation, and thought. There's a lot of angry art out there, as well as a lot of shallow pop. I choose to use the abilities and experience I have to promote beauty and goodness.