Through a glass darkly

"Nature gives you the face you possess at twenty ...

Life the face you possess at thirty.

But the face you have at fifty is the face you deserve."

-- Karleen Koen, Through A Glass Darkly

Self portrait 12-4-13

Shadows fall

 "But I felt them ... hungry shadows who knew my name, 

clawing at my mind and my soul to be let in."  

-- Peter S. Beagle, We Never Talk About My Brother

Self portrait 9-29-13

"Your nightmares follow you like a shadow, forever."

-- Aleksander Hemon, The Lazarus Project

Self portrait (2) 9-29-13

"There was nothing the matter out there. 

It was in here, with me."

-- Cornell Woolrich,

Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels

Self portrait (3) 9-29-13

"This life is a shadowy thing, lad."

-- James Michael Pratt, The Lighthouse Keeper