Henry David Thoreau 11

We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes. 

—from Henry David Thoreau, Journals (9 April, 1841) 

IMAGE: Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (c. 1818) 

Henry David Thoreau 8

On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world. 

—from Henry David Thoreau, Journals (28 February, 1840) 

IMAGE: Caspar David Friedrich, Ulrich von Hutten's Grave (c. 1824) 

A Walk at Dusk

Caspar David Friedrich, A Walk at Dusk (c. 1835) 

The Sea of Ice

Caspar David Friedrich, The Sea of Ice (1824) 

Wreck in the Ice-Sea

Caspar David Friedrich, Wreck in the Ice-Sea (1798)

 

Two Men by the Sea

Caspar David Friedrich, Two Men by the Sea (1817) 

 

Woman Before the Rising Sun

Caspar David Friedrich, Woman Before the Rising Sun (c. 1820)

 

Wreck in the Moonlight

Caspar David Friedrich, Wreck in the Moonlight (c. 1835)

 

The Abbey in the Oakwood

Caspar David Friedrich, The Abbey in the Oakwood (1810)

 

Old Heroes' Graves

Caspar David Friedrich, Old Heroes' Graves (1812)

The Lonely Tree

Caspar David Friedrich, The Lonely Tree (1822)

The Temple of Juno in Agrigento

Caspar David Friedrich, The Temple of Juno in Agrigento (c. 1830)

 

Owl Upon the Grave Marker

Caspar David Friedrich, Owl Upon the Grave Marker (c. 1837)

 

Owl Flying Against a Moonlit Sky

Caspar David Friedrich, Owl Flying Against a Moonlit Sky (c. 1837)

 

Owl in a Gothic Window

 

Caspar David Friedrich, Owl in a Gothic Window (c. 1836)

 

The Monk by the Sea

Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk by the Sea (1809)

 

Times of the Day

Caspar David Friedrich, Morning / Noon / Afternoon / Evening (c. 1822)

Dolmen in Snow

 

Caspar David Friedrich, Dolmen in Snow (1807)

Landscape with Temple Ruins

 

Caspar David Friedrich, Landscape with Temple Ruins (1797)

The Cemetery Entrance

 

Caspar David Friedrich, The Cemetery Entrance (1825)