The Thinkerer’s Sonnets

Gardeners of the Soul

The Gardener – Georges Seurat (Painted between 1882 and 1883)

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust, French Novelist

A Sonnet on Mothers

Woman with a Parasol – Claude Monet (Painted in 1875)

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
Robert Browning, English Poet

The Eventual Gaffe

The Persistence of Memory – Salvador Dalí (Painted in 1931)

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
James Joyce, Irish Novelist

A Sonnet on Cliffs

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Henry Ford, American Industrialist

A Sonnet on Mornings

Le Sommeil (Sleep) – Salvador Dali (Painted in 1937)

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?
Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

A Sonnet on Money

Money often costs too much.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Essayist

A Sonnet on Walkers

A Line Made by Walking – Richard Long (Photographed in 1967)

If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.
Maya Angelou, American Memoirist and Poet Extraordinaire

A Sonnet on Worry

Arlésiennes (Mistral) – Paul Gauguin (Painted in 1888)

That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
Chinese Proverb