the owl

Alcuin of York:

 thanks for the suggestions!

It came from a story told by a buddhist monk at a international peace service I attended. She spoke of a painting of peace - it was a violent storm, and in a small corner was a sleeping owl, the owl represented peace unaffected by the storm. I was feeling crappy and felt more like the storm, so  that's how I came to describe myself.

thanks again. sorry I've been so long responding....