Marcel Gromaire, Nu au Fauteuil Rose, 1931

Maurice de Vlaminck, The Road to Longny, 1953

Wassily Kandinsky, Taut Line, 1931

Louis Valtat, Danseuses, 1919

Aleksandr Deyneka, Difficult Decision, 1966

Ray Metzker, Philadelphia, 1964

Not Waving but Drowning by Stevie Smith

Nobody heard him, the dead man,   
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought   
And not waving but drowning.

Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he’s dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,   
They said.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always   
(Still the dead one lay moaning)   
I was much too far out all my life   
And not waving but drowning.

Depeche Mode, To Have and To Hold

Phobophobes, Where is my owner?

Storm Night by Georg Trakl

O the red evening tide!
Gleaming at the open window swing
vine leaves wound madly into sky
and spirits of fear nestling within.

Dust shimmies in the stench from drains.
The wind presses its shards and rustles.
Advance of wild horses, blitz-framed
in garish flash of cloud bustle.

Loud cracks the pond’s glaze.
Seagulls shriek in window frames.
The rider explodes out of the hill
and crashes among the pines in flames.

The sick cry out in hospital.
The evening’s plumage buzzes blue.
At once descends the booming glitter
of rain onto the rooves.

Eddie Gale, The Rain

Dave Bixby, Morning Sun

José Jiménez Aranda, Fröhlicher Zecher

Oskar Kokoschka, Ludwing Ritter von Janikowsky, 1909

Objective judgement, now, at this very moment. Unselfish action, now, at this very moment. Willing acceptance - now, at this very moment - of all external events. That's all you need. ~ Marcus Aurelius

What is Stoicism?

Why Stoicism Matters

Mercury Rev, Sermon (featuring Margo Price )

Yves Tanguy, Promontory Palace, 1931

Shostakovich, Symphony 11, Movement 4

Gary Numan, Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)