A woman must be nursed into subsistence by love, where a man can become stronger by being hated." - from 'Cows in Art Class

I was only photographing in words the reality of it all.

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with fear. They fear failure so much that they fail. They are too conditioned, too used to being told what to do. It begins with the family, runs through school and goes into the business world.

be it peace or happiness let it enfold you

Learn, he says, that there will be hours, days and months ahead of feeling absolutely terrible and nothing can change that; neither new girlfriends, health professionals, changes of diet, dope, humility, or God.

but isn't there always one good thing to look back on? think of how many cups of coffee we drank together.

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.