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Lascaux cave wall paintings

Quote of the Day
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
John W. Gardner

But what then, is history? I make history each day I wake, pushing layers of coverlets and cats aside, feet finding the floor as I push myself upwards and out, adding more breath to the lines and subplots of my life. But do I live it? Yes and no. A Buddhist will tell you that unless you live ‘in’ the moment, aware of each little twitch enveloping you, you are lost in fantasy. Yet, a caveman might grunt, ‘it’s all about the hunt,’ while he regales you with stories of what was and what will be.
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