+++++ What Thomas Kinkade said about this work +++++ "I love lighthouses. The severe, uncompromising life of service lived by lonely lighthouse keepers possesses a special dignity. Poised between the last outcroppings of land and the vast expanse of the ocean, the lighthouse has become a profound symbol of human life, poised as it is between the transitory and the eternal." Come now, oh friend, and sail with me Upon the tranquil, calming sea. I search not for a chest of gold Not for fine pearls or treasure olde; I search instead for that which we Will find now in Tranquility. "How true it is that we often sail to distant shores seeking that which lies hidden in our own heart, our own home. The Sea of Tranquility is not a place; it is all places, for it is buried deep within all people. Inside each heart is a private refuge; a place of serene rest which Christ referred to as 'the peace which passes understanding.' I picture this inner sanctuary as a golden ocean of light both warming and refreshing - a place I like to call the Sea of Tranquility. Won't you join me for a sail?" ~~Thomas Kinkade