That Ms. Blavatsky fabricated a hoax beyond even Ms. Cleo's abilities should not undermine the value of her quote, if interpreted with an eye toward the practice of substantive law. We who have chosen the law have knowingly and willingly (and possibly foolishly) hoisted the weight of the world on our shoulders, and submitted ourselves to an industry so difficult that its pedagogy is dedicated to fragmenting deeply held beliefs before reconstructing them on solid ground.
Because of this burden, every once in a while we should escape from the walls we have built.
Living in a suburban utopia complete with street lights every 500 feet, I seem to forget too easily how bright the full moon is with no light pollution. When I took this picture (on my iPhone, so I apologize for the lack of clarity and landscape) the mountains were lit up, every tree within a mile glowing in response to the midnight light. Escaping all signs of humanity left a calming clarity rarely found in the rush of the city.To my readers who are law students, we (I) need to take a trip to Lake Tahoe some time this year. We are missing the opportunity to escape the responsibilities we have undertaken, even if only for two days. I hope that with our collective intelligence, we will be smart enough to take those few moment to breathe in nature, rather than the law. Those moments away should refresh us and provide us with enough rest to avoid the pitfalls of our daily grind.
As proof of the necessity for a regular escape, consider whether you secretly prefer the excitement of the following quote to the inherent drudgery in the quote above.
"Although human subtlety makes a variety of inventions by different means to the same end, it will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple, or more direct than does nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous." ~ Leonardo DaVinci
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Pretty.
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