Letter 17: THE STAR

"A tower is built; a tree grows. The two processes have this in common: that they present a gradual increase in volume with a pronounced tendency upwards. But there is at the same time the difference that the tower rises by leaps and bounds, whilst the tree shows a continuous elevation...

Growth is flowing, whilst construction proceeds by leaps and bounds. And what is true of the artificial and the natural in the physical domain is also true in the psychic and spiritual domain. "The righteous flourish like the palm tree...they are ever full of sap and green…" (Psalm 92), but "...a down cast spirit dries up to the bones…" (Proverbs xvii, 22)." --VT
     
"Autumn Rhythm"
watercolor  22"x28"