Pause & Look

When you next descend the stairs at Peace House, take a moment to pause before the print by Michael Mazur (1935–2009).

Let your eyes rest on it. Breathe. Simply look.

Then close your eyes.

Imagine the tallies of your life—
every obligation, every worry, every measure of worth—
lined up behind you like chalk marks on a wall.

Now see a deer, leaping forward.
Its body light. Unbound. Free from counting.

With each breath, feel yourself leap too—
beyond numbers, beyond expectations—
into the quiet, wild freedom
of simply being here.

Rest in that spaciousness.
Know that you are more than anything
that can be measured.

At Peace House, we welcome you to pause with us in art’s healing power.