Our Lives

Our lives are not books
They’re not that deliberate 
And well crafted
They’re sketches
Spontaneous 
Delicate
Not fully realized

The last three pages of a travel book called Carnet De Voyage by Craig Thompson.
The author is a graphic novelist and cartoonist and it is the illustrated story of his travels through France, Spain, the Alps and Morocco. 
I have just finished it. I bought it in the Oxfam shop for my sister, a passionate amateur artist who loves sketching, and using her sketch book like a diary.