‘Let the storm arise, the night descend: which is worse, danger or the fear of danger? For my part I prefer reality, the danger itself.’
Vincent Van Gogh, in an 1881 letter to his brother Theo. Collected in Dear Theo, the Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh (1937), edited by Irving and Jean Stone.
Intracloud lightning within a Cumulonimbus, spotted near Lewisham, London, England.
