"The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of consciousness and unconsciousness, of fear and pleasure; it’s a little like making love, the physical act of love." — Francis Bacon (artist)


My cat is cuddling with me this morning.  His namesake:

These little things make me grateful.