another layer of light

Just to see you through the week, a wider view from the same evening as last week's pic:

I also wanted to share this inspiring article from the absorbing, enlightening website Brain Pickings (if you haven't yet found yourself wandering through it, following cross referenece after delightful cross reference, I urge you to do yourself a favour and have a squizz!)
"The magical thing that happens when we choose to give and when we let ourselves receive is that we step into a widening circle of seeing." from Amanda Palmer on the Art of Asking and What Thoreau Teaches Us about Accepting Love, "...a beautifully written inquiry into why we have such a hard time accepting compassion in all of its permutations, from love to what it takes to make a living, what lies behind our cynicism in refusing it, and how learning to accept it makes possible the greatest gifts of our shared humanity."