The Thinkerer’s Sonnets – Page 2

A Sonnet on Confusion

The Trial – Wolfgang Lettl (Painted in 1981)

I think, therefore I am… confused.
Benjamin Hoff, Author of The Tao of Pooh

A Sonnet on Sailors

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee – Rembrandt van Rijn (Painted in 1633)

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionism Painter

A Sonnet on Mistakes

The Gong and Gongster (Image Generated by DALL-E2)

The greatest mistake a man can ever make is to be afraid of making one.
Elbert Hubbard, Author of A Message to Garcia

A Sonnet on Rage

Wrath Personified (Image Generated by DALL-E2)

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain), Author of Tom Sawyer

A Sonnet on Doors

The Uninvited Guest (Pt. 1) – Adolph Menzel (Painted in 1844)

If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.
Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple Inc.

A Sonnet on Image

The False Mirror – René Magritte (Painted in 1928)

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Essayist

A Sonnet on Luminosity

The Starry Night – Vincent Van Gogh (Painted in 1889)

Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.
Maya Angelou, American Memoirist and Poet Extraordinaire