"Magic from Monoceros" (a page from my art journal) Magic from Monoceros (also known as the Unicorn Constellation) In the midst of winter, I gaze upward at the North sky asking those twinkling, mysterious lights For answers to the persistent questions that woke me from my restless slumber. In my search for patterns in the stardust that could lead me to a better version of myself, My heart longs for an illumination of wisdom that would take me light years beyond my grief. As I explore an area of dimly lit stars, faintly twinkling in the far distant darkness, I feel a need for a place where troubles evaporate like the cosmic gases of exploding stars. My vision takes me to the edge of the Milky Way, just east of Orion and south of Gemini, In the company of three bright stars of the Winter Triangle - Betelgeuse, Sirius & Procyon. There I see my first glimpse of a shape reminiscent of my longing spirit - Monocerous, And I contemplate the pure nature of this dimly lit c
