some favorite pix

"The human condition is such that we have consciousness and intelligence, yet we are going to die, and we know it. Thus, god is invented, in a feeble attempt to create an illusory eternal life. We are finite beings with infinite thoughts."  Steve Habay

 Lewis Carroll

Diogenes "the dog" and

Alexander the Great "the king"

Both died on the same day in 323 B.C.E.

Alexander was 33 and Diogenes was 90.

painting by Raphael

close up of above painting: Diogenes of Sinope

Diogenes the Cynic

monkey orchid

 Jim Morrison

before

after

Lascaux cave painting

Bansky

Great Apes

Machu Picchu