Jack Balas, 2024; THE BRIGHTLY LIGHTED REVELATION (#2674);
India ink on paper, 24x18 inches
from the 2024 TATTOO DETOUR 17 series, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

Text:
He paused. The brightly lighted revelation was surging up now again in his mind. He could see it. But how to say it? Life was enough in itself. All men should see life in itself was enough, was all, because it was there. Why did you climb the mountain, Mr. Mallory? Because it was there. Life was there, it had been put there for a purpose. That was enough. That was everything.

(From James Jones, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY)