Art Beat: Changing of the season

Hi, my name is Jacob Mann. I cover the Art Beat for the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.

May is finally upon us. In light of the changing of the seasons, I’m dedicating this week’s column to a collection of quotes to mark the occasion.

“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Nature gives to every time and season unique beauty; from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it’s just a succession of changes so soft and comfortable that we hardly notice the progress.” — Charles Dickens

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. John Lubbock

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck

“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” —Wallace Stevens

Contact Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman reporter Jacob Mann at jacob.mann@frontiersman.com