Every Grain of Sand

To see the world in a grain of sand,
and to see heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hands,
and eternity in an hour.


-William Blake, Auguries of Innocence.

I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.


-Bob Dylan, Every Grain of Sand.

Each grain of sand a tiny work of art.


Absolutely one of my favorite ideas, a wonderful visual representation of the idea I've always tried to convey.

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