There is great power in the world around us with which to heighten an experience, to gnaw away distraction and give clear credence to a truth. A soundtrack set with tense, stringed chords and abrupt, wooden clatter filtered tonight’s thoughts.

Clarity, found not in an answer, but in a question. Clarity to be found in the cusp between possibilities, in the moment before choice…with pictures to the risks of either direction, a view both to immediate weight and the lightness of a wider angle, a pause for the still before the storm.

What, in our lives, is worth the risk of an ideal, the challenge in an idea? Select parts, specific pieces, or the literal involvement of the whole of self? Can one pursue a path for any length of time without the utmost commitment to the journey? With hedged bets and jointly sought alternatives, can the journey be complete?

What becomes worth reckless, hopeful, and soulful abandonment to an ideal?