Well, you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw at a man worse than dying.
A landscape image cuts across all political and national boundaries, it transcends the constraints of language and culture.
I often think of that rare fulfilling joy, when I am in the presence of some wonderful alignment of events. Where the light, the colour, the shapes and the balance all interlock so beautifully that I feel truly overwhelmed by the wonder of it.