To practice any art, no matter how badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it. [Kurt Vonnegut]

It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of foolishness,

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil,
which I have forsaken in my great discouragement,
and I will go on with my drawing.
—Vincent Van Gogh

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose under heaven
The Byrds, Turn! Turn! Turn!