Stay Open

Noah: What do you think is going happen next?

Oktobre: I don't know. We just have to stay open to love.

Noah: Do you love him?

Oktobre: Undoubtedly so, but I have no idea how this will play out. We just have to stay open to the possibilities.

Noah: Do you love her?

Oktobre: She is part of him and yet uniquely her own person. Of course I love her just as I know you love her as well. She may not let us love them up close. He has kept her hidden and a secret. He has kept her from living in the open because he is scared. She is understandably angry. We have to stay open to loving them at a distance.

Image credits: Angel paintings by Abbott Handerson Thayer who described himself as 'bird-crazy' as a boy, pictured here in 1861. As an adult, he became famous for his angel paintings, popular with art collectors.