Quality of Your Thoughts

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius In Meditations, Aurelius distills the central pillars and tenets of stoic philosophy. Although it was essentially a journal and never intended for a general readership, it has become one of the most widely read philosophical works in the world.  In our illustration, we drew inspiration from one of Notre Dame's stained glass rose windows, a fractured relic in the shape of a Roman Legionnaire's helmet. Like the stoic's ideal state of mind, stained glass is at once orderly and beautiful. Ideas radiate out from central first principles in a natural and inevitable succession of deductions and balancing forces. At the helmet's edge I added six pictograms, representing the four pillars of stoicism (Courage, Justice, Temperance and Wisdom) as well as two central stoic concepts: Memento Mori ("Remember Mortality"), and Amor Fati ("Love Fate"). For more details on the six pictograms, read our journal post.  • 11x14 inch art print with white border  • Premium, fine art paper made in New York  • Elegant eggshell finish • Ships in a a rigid, flat mailer. No need to unroll!  • Fits into standard 11x14 frames (or a 16x20 frame matted to 11x14)  Special Offer: 3 Prints for 2!   Use code: 3PRINTS at checkout.  Custom sizes available HERE