Of the progress of the souls of men and women
by chuckofish
We like to say that tempus fugit, but can it really be 199 years since Walt Whitman was born?!
A toast to Walt (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892), American poet!
Allons! the road is before us!It is safe—I have tried it—my own feet have tried it well—be not detain’d!Let the paper remain on the desk unwritten, and the book on the shelf unopen’d!Let the tools remain in the workshop! let the money remain unearn’d!Let the school stand! mind not the cry of the teacher!Let the preacher preach in his pulpit! let the lawyer plead in the court, and the judge expound the law.Camerado, I give you my hand!I give you my love more precious than money,I give you myself before preaching or law;Will you give me yourself? will you come travel with me?Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?
(from Song of the Open Road)
Chad’s Ford Landscape by N.C. Wyeth
Wind from the Sea by Andrew Wyeth
The Winding Road by Ernest Lawson
The Road Heading Home by Lee Macleod
Hey, it might be time for a road trip. Sounds like a good idea to me!
dual personalities 
199 years!!
I love his pose so much in that portrait! And what a good poem. Lovely painting choices, too 🙂